Transport Commissioner S. Machendranathan said that information regarding 'Organ Donation Clause' would definitely be included in the smart cards of driving licences, even while the Transport Department would consider whether to include the clause in the present cards.
Chennai, Sept. 20: In what could be another boost to the organ donation drive in the state, those who wish to donate their organs after death may soon be able to say so on their driving licence.
This would make it possible to save more lives through cadaver organ transplant in case of brain death due to road accidents, said Mr S. Michendranathan, transport commissioner, at a signature campaign organized by Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (Mohan) Foundation to urge the state government to include the clause in the driving licence.
Chennai: In a novel attempt to create large-scale awareness on organ donation, members of Mohan (Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network) Foundation has received 2,500 signatures in a campaign to push for the inclusion of an organ donor clause in driving licenses.
State Principal Secretary and Transport Commissioner S Machendranathan has told MOHAN (Multi-Organ Harvesting Aid Network) Foundation that the State government will think of endorsing introduction of Organ Donation Clause on driving licence.
Organ donation a foreign concept in nation where many believe in staying whole for afterlife
CHENNAI,
INDIA-He was a 43-year-old truck driver, probably wiped after another work day that stretched late into the night.
His family said later it looked as if he just missed a step. They found his broken body early on Sept. 4 at the bottom of the stairs outside his home and rushed him to the hospital. Doctors said he was brain dead.
A fairly high level of awareness on organ donation exists among people even in rural areas, but many are unaware of how to go about it, say a group of youth on a motorcycle rally sponsored by the MOHAN Foundation
COIMBATORE: B. Kamal Hasan and his five friends could have spent this vacation in some hill station or any other tourism spot. Instead, they chose to do what few other of their age might not have even thought of: spreading the message of organ donation through a motorcycle rally.
CHENNAI: Transporting human organs from the donor (cadaver) to the needy may no longer pose a problem in terms of timeliness in Tamil Nadu,
particularly in Chennai. City police commissioner T Rajendran has made an assurance that the police would ensure a green corridor' or a thoroughfare sans obstruction for the purpose.
The Tamil Nadu police will provide a "Green Corridor" (non-stop thoroughfare) for vehicles transporting vital organs to any part of the State, Chennai Commissioner of Police T. Rajendran said on Wednesday.
CHENNAI: For three years, six friends have been taking long rides every weekend, just for fun. But over the next nine days, the six young men will venture out on a much longer ride a 2,000 km rally across Tamil Nadu to raise awareness about organ donation.
