The state government will make a strong push to promote awareness on cadaver donation through a walkathon on August 30, to be held in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao.
The walk is set to start at 7 am from Murli Deora Chawk at Nariman Point. About 20 families of deceased patients who had donated their organs will also be felicitated. The awareness drive will also include the health minister, several transplant hospitals, and doctors attached with organ transplantation procedures.
According to Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre, the state plans aggressive awareness campaigns on organ donation. Currently, Maharashtra comes next to Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the count of maximum number of organ transplants in India.
The walk is set to start at 7 am from Murli Deora Chawk at Nariman Point. About 20 families of deceased patients who had donated their organs will also be felicitated. The awareness drive will also include the health minister, several transplant hospitals, and doctors attached with organ transplantation procedures.
According to Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre, the state plans aggressive awareness campaigns on organ donation. Currently, Maharashtra comes next to Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the count of maximum number of organ transplants in India.