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Cadets' expedition to create awareness of organ donation

Noble mission:Col.B.N. Chetan, Group Commander, NCC, Tiruchi flagging off a motorcycle expedition in Tiruchi on Saturday.

TIRUCHI: A group of cadets of 1(TN) Armed Squadron National Cadet Corps of D.G. Vaishnav College, Chennai, are on wheels for a social cause.

The cadets, led by Lieutenant S. Santhosh Baboo, are on a motorcycle expedition across the State to create awareness about organ donation organised by the Chennai Transplant Centre Institute for Liver and Digestive Diseases and Organ Transplantation. As part of the awareness programme, the cadets staged street plays and distributed pamphlets having information about organs that can be donated, brain death and the key role played by the people.

“This is our sixth expedition and second for organ donation. We could see a lot of people showing interest in knowing about organ donation, which is indeed a good sign. It was not the case during our first expedition for organ donation in 2005,” said Mr. Baboo.

At a reception organised by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Tiruchi branch here on Saturday, S. Vel Aravind, Consultant Nephrologist, Transplant Physician, ABC Hospital, said that 11 organ transplants were done in Tiruchi last year. “The number is next only to Chennai. Of the 11 donors, nine of them were from the rural parts of the district and it only goes to show the awareness among the rural masses.”

Dr. Aravind said that liver, kidney, pancreas, lungs and heart can be removed from a brain dead person, while eyes may be removed from the dead. “Bone fragments and skin of a dead person can be useful provided the hospital has a cold storage facility,” he added.

M.S. Ashraf, President IMA, Tiruchi branch, felt that such awareness programmes would help in getting the support from the public for transplantation based on voluntary organ donation.

B.N. Chetan, Group Commander NCC, Tiruchi, said that it was the duty of NCC cadets to espouse such causes.

He flagged off the expedition from Tiruchi in the presence of R. Gunasekaran, State President, IMA, Tamil Nadu branch.

The expedition which started on February 15 at Chennai has covered various cities and towns including Vellore, Dharmapuri, Salem, Coimbatore, Palani, Madurai and Ramanathapuram.

The expedition will culminate at Chennai on March 2.

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