Organ Donation

Organ Donation and Shipping Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Organ donation?

With its own request while in life of a person, tıbben life has ended (the death of the brain) then the tissue and organs allow for the treatment of other patients and document it in the peace of mind of two.

Who can be found in organ donation?

Anyone who is at the heart balance and older than 18 years can be found in organ donation.

What is organ transplant?

If a organ may not perform the task, and when it starts to damage the body, the patient is the process of replacing it with a solid organ from another person. The eligibility of the donated organ is made after the transmitter has taken the brain death and obtained the approval of the family, after determining compliance by the health team.

What are the units for organ donations?

It can be made to organ donation booths established during various activities by the Health Centers, Public and Private Hospitals, Organ Transplant Centers, Family Health Centers, Community Health Centers and Regional Coordination Centers.

What organs can be donated?

Healthy organ can be donated. As people can donate someone from their organs, they can also donate all of their organs.

What are the transmissions that can be made in our country?

In our country; besides organs such as heart, liver, lung, kidney, pancreas, heart cover, transparent cornea layer of the eye, tissues such as muscle and bone marrow are also transplanted with success.

Is organ transfer after each death even if the organ donation is structured?

In order to carry out the organ, the person should be carried out brain death while only in intensive care, depending on the respiratory device. Nakil transactions are made only by the Ministry of Health . a professional organ transplant team.

When can I donate my organs?

When the person survives, with his free will, tıbben may allow the use of organs and tissues for patients who need it, or if he did not have a declaration on this matter, he may still be donated by organ and tissues by closes after the life ends. This process is the organ donation to live from dead (cadavra). While the person is alive, he can donate a kidney with his free will or a patient who needs part of the liver. This process is a organ donation to live from live.

Can You Disappear from Organ Donation?

You can opt out of organ donation. When you leave the organ donation, your donation is canceled if you submit your request by contacting any of the organ donations.

Is the family allowed?

Organ donation is the guardian of the person. While the donation card and form are filled, there is a person who must be reached after the death of the brain in one part of the form. Even if you have a Organ donation card, the written approval for organ donation is taken from the family when the person’s brain death occurs. It facilitates people to share their knowledge in organ donations with their families and to make approval of the family.

Is there age limit for organ donation?

According to the law of organ transplant, the organ donation to live from 18 years is not taken. However, there is no age limit in donations made from cadaver. As a newborn can be used for the donations of the baby, a transmitter can also be used in ninety years. The surgeon decides that the donated organs can be used and used.

Can you use your donations despite having health problems?

Advanced age, time-consuming health problems, alcohol and smoking habit are not prevented from organ donation. The surgeon decides that the donated organs can be used and used.

Are the organs I don’t donate to those who need justice?

The donated bodies of people are allocated to the organ transplant centers and patients in the framework of the rules and principles determined by scientific counseling commissions of academicians in the Organ Transplant National Coordination System of the Ministry of Health. The rules without notice of rac, religion, language, gender and status are carried out in a solid way and organs are transplanted in the framework of justice and transparency principles to the most appropriate patients.

Our Organ Donation Unit,Home Dr. Feyzan Kadir Ercan Polikliniği serves on 1st floor.