Mumbai, 30

July (HS): Organ Donation Fortnight will

be observed in Maharashtra from August 3 to 15. Maharashtra’s Public Health and

Family Welfare Minister Prakash Ambitkar directed the regional authorities to

prepare for the mission while addressing a meeting to plan for the fortnight.

Minister of State Meghna Sakore-Bordikar, Public Health Commissioner Dr

Kadambari Balkawde, regional officers of the health department, and others were

present.

Effective ways of generating awareness are important,

as a large number of patients are waiting for organ donors. The donors and

recipients should be felicitated during the fortnight, and their views should be

placed before the media, Ambitkar said.

Training and workshops should be organised, and the

employees of the department should be guided for generating awareness among the masses.

Bordikar also emphasised the importance of

generating awareness.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar