Media release
Mangaluru, Sep 9: Yenepoya University organised an organ donation awareness programme at its campus on Friday, September 8.
The programme was inaugurated by Fr Davis Chiramel, Chairman of Kidney Foundation of India. He spoke on the importance of organ donation especially in today’s society, and also taught on how to live a selfless life.
Presiding over the programme, Chancellor of Yenepoya University, Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi said that a person should not live for oneself but for others too.
Police officer N S Shruthi from Anti Corruption Bureau spoke on the legal formalities needed for organ donation.
A handing over the pledge card ceremony was held. Fr Davis Chiramel handed over the pledge card and organ donar card to Dr Mujeeburahiman, HOD Urology, Dr Santhosh Pai, HOD Nephrology and Dr Nishchith D’Souza, Associate Professor of Urology, Yenepoya Medical College and Hospital.
Pandit Resorts and Spa Promoter Lal Goel, Registrar of Yenepoya University Dr G Sreekumar Menon, Coordinator Transplant Robotics Nelvin Nelson also spoke on the occasion. Patients were also felicitated.