NEW DELHI: Around 2,000 personnel of the country’s two largest paramilitary forces – BSF and CRPF – today pledged to donate their organs in order to mark the National Organ Donation Day.
“The demand for organs is likely to increase manifold in the future keeping in view the increased incidence of lifestyle diseases. So there is a need to create a system for improving the rate of safe, effective and ethical donation of cadaver organs for transplantation in those who need them badly,” Union Health Minister J P Nadda said.
While 432 CRPF personnel made the commitment to donate organs at an event in Sonepat in presence of their chief K Durga Prasad, the BSF handed over 1,500 certificates of jawans pledging to donate their organs to Nadda at a function organised in collaboration with National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) in the national capital.
Lauding the initiative of BSF, which is the country’s first line of defence, Nadda said it will help in spreading awareness about organ donation. (AGENCIES)
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