Walkathon on organ donation held

With enhanced awareness, the State has witnessed 38 organ donations in the last five months, according to Dr P Satish Chandra, Chairman, Zonal Coordination Committee of Karnataka for Organ Transplantation (ZCCK).

He spoke after flagging off an awareness rally organised by Naunce Transcription Services India, in association with Gift Your Organ Foundation, at Cubbon Park on Tuesday. Hundreds of the employees and volunteers from Gift Your Organ Foundation participated in the walkathon 'Proud-to-Pledge'.

“Many people are coming forward and donating their organs. We are happy to see Nuance take up organ donation as a part of their CSR activity. It is only in the event of brain death that organs can be donated and each donor can save the lives of eight people by way of solid organ donation like heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, pancreas and small intestine. More than 15 lives can be impacted by way of tissue donation such as eyes, skin, heart valve and bones,” Dr Chandra added.

Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M A Saleem said, “We, at the police department, are happy to support the cause of organ donation. Recently, we provided a green channel for a transport of organ from Mysuru to Bengaluru.”

 As part of the Medical Transcription Week celebrations, the company launched the organ donation programme for the employees across all the nine offices where they will be pledging their organs, in association with Gift Your Organ Foundation. The 80-day programme, which started on Tuesday, will be on till Organ Donation Day on August 6.

Shailendra Sharma, Vice President,  NTS Operations, Nuance INC, Dr Satish Madakala, Secretary, ZCCK and Soumitra Das, Head of Human Resources, Naunce Transcription Services India, were present.