A group of differently- abled people from the district have expressed their desire to donate organ after death.
As many as 50 Divyang persons (people with physical disabilities) under the banner of Apang Kranti Sanghatana yesterday handed over letters in this regard to Dean of Rajarshee Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College Dr Jayaprakash Ramanand here.
Kolhapur Collector Amit Saini was also present on the occasion.
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District president of the sanghatana, Devadatta Mane said their organisation has been working among divyang people and motivating them to come forward for organ donation as part of the state-wide organ donation awareness campaign launched by the government.
"Organ failure is an acute problem in India as well as
in the entire world.... Patients suffer physically, mentally and of course economically," they said.
Describing kidney transplantation as one of the most effective methods of treatment, they said that there is a huge crisis of healthy donors.
"We need to become aware of the immense need for voluntary organ donation.
"In the absence of live relative donors, unethical business is flourishing through various rackets who are doing it for money. Under these circumstances the most promising way forward is Cadaveric Transplantation," the speakers said.
"Cadaveric Transplantation means when an organ or tissue is transplanted from a deceased or usually unrelated donor. That is possible when a patient is brain dead and the family decides to donate the person's organs or the family of an accident victim donates the organs," they said.
While India has woken up to the possibility of Cadaveric Organ Donation to save lives, West Bengal is also taking steps to ensure there can be a structured approach.
The Bengal Chamber of Commerce has taken up the challenge to spread awareness and put in place mechanisms by which this very useful concept could serve its purpose, the chamber said.
