With lack
of awareness among the people on organ donation and a significant number of
patients awaiting transplantation, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Kerala Chapter, has stepped in
to find donors for these patients with its various awareness campaigns across
the state.
''The IMA has stepped in to help the patients find altruistic donors in
accordance with its motto of the year “For the profession, for the people”. We
aim at spreading awareness on brain death, voluntary organ donation and
transplantation of various organs,'' said IMA Committee for Organ Donation state convenor Dr S Vasudevan.
With a number of voluntary organisations
coming forward to join the IMA's initiative, he said that the
association will be acting as an umbrella organisation. ''The Society for Organ Retrieval &
Transplantation and others have come forward to associate with us,'' he said and added that it
would give accelerate the efforts.
Vasudevan also said that a a registry with details of all those wiling to
donate organs will be created. ''The association will accept consent forms from
people who are willing to donate organs. They would be given donor cards and certificates and a registry will then be created. The first
voluntary consent was given by Chairman of the Committee Dr Vinay Ranjan,'' he said.
Further, he said that the Association will reach the common man at various levels through its public meetings,
workshops, awareness classes and other programmes. The association will be
conducting various awareness programmes at educational institutions, residential colonies and other public places.
Source: The Newindian Express
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