Rotary takes up Organ Donation Awareness as their major initiative this year….

DG Gopal Rai Mandhania

Rotary Clubs based in Mumbai and extended Western suburbs, under leadership of their District Governor Rtn.Gopal Rai Mandhania has taken up the task of creating awareness on Organ, Skin and Eye Donations amongst the masses.

Rtn.Ashok Mahajan

At a Seminar held on Saturday, 9^th July, 2016, Chief Guest Past Rotary International President and Past Trustee of The Rotary Foundation, Rtn.Ashok Mahajan congratulated the District Governor on this excellent initiative and urged the packed audience at Rotary Club of Bombay West’s Rotary Service Centre to whole-heartedly participate.  He stressed the need for Organ Donation in India because with a population of 1.2 billion people, the statistic stands at 0.08 persons as organ donors per million population. This is an incredibly small and insignificant number compared to the statistics around the world.

Dr.Sunil Bhurke

Among the speakers who made presentations at the Seminar were Dr.Sandeep Bhurke, a Nephrologist & a Surgeon who represented the Seminar Partners, Zonal Transplant Co-ordination Centre (Mumbai), Dr.Sunil Keswani, Medical Director, National Burns Centre, Airoli, Navi Mumbai and Dr.Girish Trivedi.

Rtn.Dr.Sunil Keswani

The impact of the talks by experts led to over 75 participants at the Seminar to sign the Pledge Forms on the spot, donating their Organs, Skin and Eyes after their death.  All the Rotary Clubs in Mumbai District, numbering over 80, will follow up with more such Awareness Seminars at schools, colleges, corporate houses as well as engage artists to perform skits and street plays to spread this message.

Rtn.Aslam Merchant

The Seminar was organized by Rotary Club of Bombay West as the Lead Host Club with 19 other Rotary Clubs joining in as co-hosts.  Welcoming the participants, Rtn.Aslam Merchant, President of the Club mentioned that the very presence of the people at such a Seminar shows their desire to participate in saving precious lives by learning all about the organ donation.