Mangaluru, August 14: Organ donation should be done whole heartedly. It must not be done bowing to pressure or secretly. If it is done in such manner, it will not be a donation, expressed Mangaluru Police Commissioner S Murugan.
He spoke as the Chief Guest participating in the ‘World Organ Donation Day’ organized at Yenepoya Speciality Hospital in Kodialbail here. He also released the “Yen Organ Donation Pledge Card” on this occasion.
Organ transplantation is a new development in the field of Medical Science. We can save lives by donating organs. In this view, we must cooperate in this procedure, suggested Police Commissioner S Murugan.
Dr M Vijaykumar, Chancellor of Yenepoya University in his presidential address said, meagre number of people come forward to donate the organs. Every year in India, over 5 lakhs patients expire due to unavailability of organs. A person can give life to 8 persons through the organ transplantation, he said.
Illegal activities are taking place pertaining to the organ donation which has to be stopped. In this regard, the role of doctors is important. The laws related to the organ donation must be made simple. Our attitude towards the organ transplantation should change. The Organ Donation Day should not be confined to a day, but it must continue daily, he said.
Dr Mohammed, CEO of Yenepoya Medical College said, pertained to the organ donation, there are wrong thoughts among the public’s which must be removed. No religion will oppose the organ donation. All religions will respect humanity. Those who donate organs will rise to the peak of humanity. Hence such doners must be respected. We all must become the ambassadors of organ donation. In the marriage and religious ceremonies, we must create awareness on this, he said.
Dr Mujeeb from Urology department, Dr Althaf Khan, Dr Santosh Pai, and Dr Synthiya Arunachalam delivered information on kidney, liver, eye and other organ donations.
In terms of organ donation registration, Yenepoya Hospital stands in the second place. Already kidney transplantation is successfully done on a patient here, informed Dr Santosh Pai.
Dr Nischita D’Souza thanked, Dr Roshiyal compeered the program.
