MORE THAN 2500 CITIZENS TOOK PLEDGE FOR DONATING ORGANS IN WALKATHON 2018

“Donate Life Walkathon” – walk for Organ Donation was organized by Donate Life, an organization working in public awareness on Organ Donation in Surat as a pre-event of the Night

Marathon to be held in February. President of Donate Life Nilesh Mandalwala said that more than 5 lakh people die in the country due to non-availability of organs. Last year in Gujarat,

180 organ transplants were done out of which 91 organ donation was made from Surat. Surat, known as Textile and Diamond City, is now known as Organ Donor City in the country.

Surat, known as Textiles and Diamond City, is now known as Organ Donor City in the country. Recently, British Deputy High Commissioner of Gujarat, Mr. Geoff Wain said that “Surat is

the capital of the organ donation of Gujarat”, 20 lakh people in the country suffer from kidney disease. Each year, 2 lakh new patients are added. The same condition is also associated

with heart, liver and pancreases related diseases. The main purpose of organizing this Walkathon is to get information about organ donation, remove the misconceptions about organ

donation, spread the awareness among people that one brain-dead patient can save up to 9 lives through organ donation, people vow for organ donation and save the lives of needy

patients by donating the kidney, liver and heart of brain-dead patient.