New Delhi organized an Organ Donation Camp on 1st October, 2013. It was aimed at encouraging the youth of today to help combat a shortage of organs needed for life-saving.
More than 350 students and teachers pledged to donate their organs at an awareness programme at Shivaji College on Thursday. Many students also carried organ donation forms to home to convince their family members to join the cause.
The Times of India's campaign to create awareness about organ donation in India has found resonance among youth who have now taken upon themselves to carry the message forward. On Wednesday, more than 1,500 students of Shivaji College, Delhi University, took a walk around the campus holding placards and banners educating people about the importance of donating organs.
Panacea Biotec Ltd - One of lndia's leading Research based Health Management Company today observed Organ Donation Day at its Head office in New Delhi.
Cricketer Gautham Gambhir will visit schools in Tiruvallur near Chennai, to create awareness about organ donation among students.
Nineteen years ago, when the Transplantation of Human Organs Act was passed, activists rejoiced. They believed it would put an end to the commercial sale of organs, and encourage cadaveric organ donation in the country. In retrospect, neither has organ commerce been done away with nor has cadaveric donation become the norm. Has the TOHO Act then failed the country? On Organ Donation Day, the implementers of the Act have some tough questions to answer.
Calling organ donation the greatest form of charity, Islamic scholar and peace promoter Maulana Wahiduddin Khan stressed on the need for creating awareness on the issue. Speaking at a seminar organized by The Times of India on Wednesday, Khan said there is no teaching in Islam that restricts this kind of donation.
Organ donation is the harvesting of an individual's organs after he or she dies for the purpose of transplanting them into another person.
hennai-based Mohan Foundation has distributed nearly a million organ donor cards and facilitated 3,200 donations in the last 15 years. Dr Sunil Shroff, the NGO's managing trustee and head of urology at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, tells Shobha John that just one consent for deceased donation gives a new lease to nine lives as eyes, kidneys, lungs, heart, lungs, liver and pancreas can be transplanted.
