Taking a positive step

Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore, in collaboration with St Joseph’s College conducted a three-day organ donation campaign — ‘More To Give’ — to highlight and spread awareness about organ donation among the public.

The campaign took place at various branches of St Joseph’s College (MG Road, Brigade Road, St Mark’s Road, Residency Road and Richmond Road traffic signals). More than 150 students were a part of the campaign in which they stood at the traffic signals holding placards with organ donation slogans to create awareness.

The students also distributed organ donation forms to the public while they waited at the signal. Leading by example, more than 500 students from the college pledged to donate their organs.

Speaking at the event, Dr Vivek Jawali, chairman, Department of Cardio Vascular Sciences, chairman of the Medical Advisory Council, Fortis Hospitals, Karnataka said, “In India, finding a donor match is a difficult task for the organ recipient’s family and this challenge is compounded by lack of awareness. Over the last five years, the organ donation rate in the country has increased ten-fold from 0.05 to 0.5 per
million and is likely to touch the 1 per million population mark in 2016. We have …read more