CII Young Indians will motivate as many as 10,000 Bhopalites to donate their organs by January 20, a day to be celebrated by the Young Indians as Organ Donation Day in all their chapters across India. To achieve this target the volunteers of the organisation are holding workshop, seminars, counselling sessions and other motivational activities in industries, educational institutions and spreading message through social media and their website www.giftanorgan.org.
This was informed at a press conference organised here on Friday. The conference was addressed by Dr Rakesh Bhargava, honorary member CII Young Indians; Bhavna Banerji, vertical head, Gift An Organ and Young Indians Bhopal chapter chairman Rakesh Sukhramani.
Dr Bhargava said that due to lack of awareness lesser people come forward to donate their organs. He said, “Every minute one person dies in India waiting organ donation. One donor can save 8 lives and improve 50 others lives. There are 37 organs and tissues on can donate post his or her death.”
Bhavna Banerji, vertical head, Gift An Organ, informed that one can donate his heart, liver, kidney, pancreas, small intestines and eyes. In order to facilitate organ donation Young Indians is reaching to as many people as possible. One can visit their website www.giftanorgan.org.
Rakesh Sukhramani said nearly 5 lakh people die each year due to organ failure. These patients can be saved if they could get donor organs. He said there is huge gap between demand and supply of organs.