Organ and tissue donation
There are some differences between organ and tissue donations. Tissue donation is a simpler process than organ donation. The latter can be carried out only in brain dead people who are on life support, mechanical system. This is required so that blood circulation is maintained in the body to keep the organs working. Also, in organ donation, blood of the donor and recipient should match. This is very critical to carry out an organ transplant, where as in tissue donation, no such specification is required. Tissue donation can be done even while you are living, after undergoing surgeries. Bone, amnion tissues can be donated in such cases. For a deceased person, tissue can be recovered even after fifteen hours of death.
There are a number of organ donation services which can help you out if you are willing to become a donor. Medical industry requires number of donors. Even a small unused part like bone tissue after a hip replacement surgery can give a ray of hope to a patient. Same person can go for organ and tissue donation and this way he can save many more lives. For any of these donations the deceased must be free of diseases like HIV, hepatitis, syphilis.