Bone donation: A student from Delhi, unable to walk due to loss of his knee joints, will now be able to walk again. Yes, AIIMS doctors operated on this student’s knee and replaced the bone in his knee joint with bones from a bone donor. Thanks to this, the student will now be able to walk again and he thanks the donor for this.
Let us tell you that in an accident, the bones of this student’s knee joint were broken. This operation was performed at the trauma center of AIIMS. There are many bone banks in the country where donors can help the needy by donating bones.
A young man started walking again thanks to a bone donation
The team of doctors who carried out this operation at AIIMS said that bones donated by a deceased donor were replaced in place of the knee bone of this student’s left leg. This bone was broken in the accident, due to which the student was unable to walk. Doctors said that although bone donation cannot save people’s lives, it can certainly improve their lives.
Every day, thousands of people in the country break their bones in road accidents. 70 percent of people injured in road accidents are between 20 and 40 years old. These people often experience difficulty living their lives due to fractures after an accident. In such a situation, with the help of bone bank, they can live an active life again.
People are afraid of bone donation because of this fear
Let us tell you that although many bone banks are open in the country, due to lack of awareness, people do not donate bones here. People fear that if bone donation is done, the condition of the donor’s body will deteriorate. In particular, there are very few young donors and young donors are needed for bone donation. Experts believe that every hospital in the country should be equipped with Bone so that the younger generation can live their lives actively again.
Let us tell you that at present bone banks are working very successfully in some places including Indore and Jabalpur. The special thing about the bone bank is that the bones donated here can be stored safely for five years.
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