Kapil Dev and Bishan Singh Bedi to donate their organs at USICON

Cricketers Kapil Dev and Bishan Singh Bedi have pledged to donate their organs at USICON 2014, an event organised at the Airport Authority of India officers club here Friday.The event was organised by the Delhi Urological Society to create awareness about organ donation. Their slogan 'Har jan ko amar banana hai' (every life should be made immortal) conveys the message of eternal life for all. (Read: Organ donation: Rules you should know)

'We have more than the required number of suitable donors but a lack of awareness and resources continues to maintain the void. The present scenario of organ donation and transplantation in India is dismal and lakhs of patients, in need of organs for survival, are left waiting and ultimately succumb to the disease,' Rajeev Sood, organising secretary and head, Urology, RML Hospital, said in a statement. (Read: Pledge your organs and save five people through organ donation)

Want to do nate your organs?There are various organisations like MOHAN (Multiple Organ Harvesting Aid Network) and the ZTCC, Mumbai (Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre) are working to increase awareness among the common man. One way to do this is by having driving licenses to double up as donor cards, a practice that's followed in various Western countries. The Central Government is currently working on a new draft of the Human Organ Rules 2012 in which the health ministry has suggested that all people applying for driving licenses be asked whether they're willing to donate their organs upon death or not. This belief is echoed by Dr Ashwin Mallya, a surgeon from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi who feels that since most cadaver donors are deaths from road accidents having their assent on their driving licenses would go a long way in fulfilling organ demands.

With inputs from: IANS

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