One donor can save life of 7-8 patients and can enhance the quality of life of 40-50 patients
KRC TIMES Desk
Organ donation is a divine and Godly act that has the power to saves many lives, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare urged everyone towards organ donation. “The families of organ donors are bravehearts who take such decisions at a time which is so emotionally painful for them as well as their near and dear ones. My heartfelt salutations to them”.
Dr. Vardhan along with Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Sports and Youth, Minority Affairs, Ms. Mary Kom, Rajya Sabha MP and singer Mohit Chauhan were attending the Donor Felicitation Ceremony organized by Organ Retrieval Banking Organization (ORBO), AIIMS, New Delhi on 13th November.
Union Health Minister echoed “I don’t remember having attended any function which has touched my heart so much”.
Dr. Vardhan stated “Through their selfless acts, these people have done what many Governments can’t do alone”. He informed “One donor can save life of 7-8 patients and can enhance the quality of life of 40-50 patients”.
“One cornea donor can give sight to upto four people using advanced technology. The skin tissue is used to help burn victims. Bones donated are used for bones damaged by tumors, traumas and infections. This would save limbs from being amputated”. Dr. Harsh Vardhan also narrated the story of the young organ donor Surabhi who gave her organs to many recipients in 2014. To honor her deed, ORBO put up a plaque in her memory, he noted.
Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Sports and Youth, Minority Affairs said that while many people think about organ donation, few have been able to do it. “It’s an act through which a person lives on even after his or her death” he added while expressing his deep respects for the families of the donors. He underlined the importance of creating wide awareness about the issue, so that it becomes a regular practice in our country.
Mary Kom, MP, Rajya Sabha and Indian Olympic Boxer stated that “I salute the brave-hearts and their families who have donated their organs to give life to others. They have made our world and our lives better through their priceless sacrifice”. She encouraged people to come forward for organ donation. She added that it had inspired her to do something in the field. “I feel that I can live on with organ donation”, she stated.
Dr Harsh Vardhan along with Kiren Rijiju and Mary Kom felicitated families of 38 multi organ donors, 5 whole body donors who donated whole bodies for medical education, and 8 tissue donors who donated multiple tissues after cardiac death. Organ/transplant recipients were also present during the ceremony and expressed their deep gratitude to the families of the organ donors.
ORBO is the nodal facility at AIIMS facilitating the entire process of cadaver organ and tissue transplantation, from procurement till transplantation in the recipient. ORBO has also been proactive in creating awareness and undertaking training in the field of organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
