Survey on Awareness about Organ Donation Among Undergraduates and Postgraduate Paramedical Students in Andhra Pradesh

Background: Organ donation is called as "When a person allows an organ of own or other people by removed, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive or after death with the assent of the next of individually."Majorly organ transplantation is occurring with organs include kidney, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines, lungs, bones, bone marrow, skin and cornea, after organ donations.However, organs like kidney and tissues like a part of the liver, pancreas, lungs, and intestines could be donated while the donor is alive, majority of the organ donations occur only after the death of donors.Present study aim is to create, develop basic knowledge on organ donation in paramedical students from various institutes, organizations and health care centers in various regions of Andhra Pradesh.It contains predesigned Performa (questionnaire)used to collect data from 200 individual, of which 70 participants were postgraduate students and 100 undergraduate and 30 participants were faculty members. Results:The results show that 79.17% (158) of participants were aware about organ donation, and out of all participants, families of only three have donated organ in the past 5 years.A total number of 12 (3.33%)participants have signed up for organ donation. Conclusion:It was concluded that lack of awareness on mode, type of organ can be donated, in individual students.It could be better to educate the para medical students regarding importance of organ donation, will be beneficial for society, who are lack of money to bear the cost.