Organ Donation Camp held by Kidney Care Centre Panchkula

Panchkula November 12, 2022: On successful completion of two years of services, an organ donation camp was organized at Kidney Care Centre, Panchkula. A team from ROTTO, PGI, Chandigarh was also present at the venue to motivate people for the noble cause. A total of 122 people pledged their organs at the event. 

The Kidney Care Centre, established two years ago under the leadership of Dr. Ajay Goyal, is first of its kind facility where treatment of all types of kidney diseases including advanced kidney failure, hemodialysis and kidney transplant is provided by the team of doctors and paramedic staff. 

Dr Ajay Goyal, DM (Nephrology), founder and director of Kidney Care Centre, said, “More than 5 lakh people die in India every year due to non-availability of organs. Out of 2 lakh people requiring kidney transplant, only a few thousand get it. Rest of the patients either stay on dialysis or lose their lives due to kidney failure. In india almost 1.5 lakh people suffer brain death every year. Each person can save upto 8 lives by donating organs after brain death. So organs from such people who die with healthy organs can be retrieved and transplanted to save many lives.”

People who pledged their organs were issued donor cards by NOTTO, a government organization which regulates the organ retrieval and allocation in India.

Dr Goyal further said, “On the occasion of our centre’s third foundation day we decided to celebrate in a unique way by working towards a social cause and motivate people to pledge their organs to save lives.”