ROTTO PGIMER’s Organ Donation Awareness Campaign ‘Live Life, Pass It On’ gets good response at Kasauli Club
*With many defense families pledging for Organ Donation themselves and volunteering * to take it forward to their units as well
ROTTO PGIMER’s Organ Donation Awareness Campaign ‘Live Life, Pass it on’ organized as a part of the ongoing 101st Kasauli Week celebrations at Kasauli club, generated good response among defense officers and their families.
As many as 37 pledged for Organ Donation themselves with many of the officers inviting ROTTO PGIMER to their units to sensitize defense personnel regarding the noble cause of organ donation
Engaging with the club members through one-on-one interaction at the Kasauli Club, ROTTO PGIMER team demystified their myths about the cause, disseminated information, shared about various initiatives undertaken by ROTTO PGIMER and persuaded them to pledge for Organ Donation.
Detailing about the intent behind promoting the noble cause of Organ Doantion during the 101st Kasauli Week celebrations Col SS Sidhu, Secretary Kasauli Club said “The basic ideology of Kasauli club is to promote compassion and humanitarian spirit and nothing can instill a better feeling of love for humanity than being instrumental in saving someone’s life. Who else will understand it better than us, the defense personnel? Organ Donation is an altruistic cause and we must contribute wholeheartedly towards creating an enabling environment for voluntary organ donation.”
“We had been thinking about pledging for organ donation since long but did not know ‘where ‘and ‘how’ to pledge for the same Something so good has come out of our visit to Kasauli Club. At least this way, we will be able to save some lives, which will never be possible otherwise.” This was the common sentiment shared by the visitors who pledged for organ donation as they were being handed over their organ donor pledge cards
The maximum queries posed to the counselors at ROTTO PGIMER stall pertained to ethical practices, expenses involved, difference between organ and body donation and the process of transplantation etc.
Encouraged by the success of the initiative Prof. Vipin Koushal, Nodal Officer, ROTTO PGIMER complimented the hosting organization, Kasauli Club for their support to ROTTO PGIMER in taking forward the noble mandate aas he stated, “Awareness generation is a first step towards that attitudinal change. So, tapping the opportunities like this one helps connecting with the community and disseminating this information subtly by making it perceived as a ‘normal thing’.”
