By Samachar Vishesh News
Chandigarh 27th July:- Paying rich tributes to the bravehearts
of Kargil on Kargil Vijay Divas, ROTTO PGIMER in collaboration with the NGO
Shree Shiv Kanwar Mahasangh Charitable Trust organised an Awareness and
Pledging Camp on Organ Donation alongside the Voluntary Blood Donation Camp at
the Bridge Market, Sector 17, Chandigarh.
The Camp organised with an intent to generate awareness on Blood
and Organ Donation and thereby save precious lives, otherwise being lost due to
shortage of either blood or transplantable organs, concluded on a positive note
today with 144 volunteering to donate blood and 52 registering as organ donors.
Sanjay
Beniwal, Director General of Police, Chandigarh graced the occasion as the Chief Guest,
and inaugurated the camp. Later while interacting with the blood donors, Sanjay
Beniwal commended them for their social commitment. Emphasizing that there
cannot be anything more altruistic than giving someone a second chance to live,
Mr Beniwal shared that he himself had been a regular blood donor.
Later, Sanjay Beniwal interacted with the resource team from
ROTTO (NORTH) PGIMER at the awareness and pledging stall on Organ Donation put
up at the venue. Expressing his happiness and evincing a keen interest, the DGP
assured his full support for the promotion of the noble cause of Organ
Donation.
Commemorating the spirit of Organ Donation, Sanjay Beniwal was
also gifted a painting, as a token to reiterate the fact that ‘circle of life’
should not break. The painting was made by school students on the theme of
Organ Donation under ROTTO NORTH’s school engagement programme.
Sharing his views, Prof.
Vipin Koushal, Nodal Officer, ROTTO (NORTH) PGIMER said that as
Police has a very important role in Organ Donation considering the fact that
most of the potential donors are generally road side accident victims with
fatal head injury wherein NOC from Police is required to proceed with the
retrieval of the organs, the personal presence and keen interest by DGP for the
cause of Organ Donation sends a very encouraging message among police personnel
to be more sensitised and supportive towards the cause and be instrumental in
saving precious lives.
While enumerating about
the initiative, Rakesh Sangar,
President, NGO Shri Shiv Kanwar Mahasangh Charitable Trust, shared
that community service has been the core mandate of the Trust and there can not
be better service than giving someone a fresh lease of life to someone through
blood or organ donation. It is this vision that has sustained us for over 25
years in public service.
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