ORGAN DONATION

ORGAN DONATION

 

What is organ donation? Organ donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body, from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplant. Experts say that the organs from one donor can save or help as many as fifty people. Most organ and tissue donations occur after the donor has died. But some organs and tissues can be donated while the donor is alive, without the slightest harm being done to the donor. People of all ages and backgrounds can be organ donors

                                                              

JEWISH PERSPECTIVE ON ORGAN DONATION

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Modern technology has made it possible to transplant organs like heart, kidney, cornea, lung and liver from one human being to another, to save or enhance the quality of life of patients who suffer organ damage. What could be more altruistic than the gift of life? Once you are dead, your body need not go waste. The dead body is the shell of a living image of God. Rather than deepen our pain at the time of a loved one's death, this ultimate act of generosity to donate his organs may actually soften our loss and uplift us. On June 28 this year, my aunt passed away after a brief illness in Israel and as per her last wish, her children donated her body to science. 

                                           Prof. John Kurakar