Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India's Poor Organ Donation Rates

Updated: August 05, 2018 15:56 IST

At 0.8 donors per million, India has one of the lowest rates of organ donation in the world and lakhs die simply waiting for organs for life saving transplants. To spread awareness, bust myths around organ donation and get people to take the pledge to donate organs, NDTV-Fortis More To Give Campaign organised simultaneous events across India in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru. To save lives, take the pledge to be an organ donor here: Pledge now to donate your organs.

$Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India\'s Poor Organ Donation Rates$

Students from School of Nursing, Hindu Rao Hospital, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, spread awareness on the need for organ donation through a street play, at Ambience Mall in Vasant Kunj, Delhi

$Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India\'s Poor Organ Donation Rates$

Former National Football player, Anit Kumar Ghosh, takes the pledge to donate his organs at the event in City Centre Salt Lake, Kolkata

$Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India\'s Poor Organ Donation Rates$

A proud organ donor at NDTV-Fortis More To Give campaign event at Express Avenue Mall, Chennai

$Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India\'s Poor Organ Donation Rates$

The first one to take the pledge for organ donation during NDTV-Fortis More To Give campaign event at Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla, Mumbai.

$Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India\'s Poor Organ Donation Rates$

Krishna Poonia, Gold medalist in Discus Throw in Commonwealth Games 2010, with her husband and coach, Virendra Poonia, pledge to donate their organs at the event at World Trade Park, Jaipur.

$Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India\'s Poor Organ Donation Rates$

An artist depicts the cause of organ donation through his work during the Delhi event

$Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India\'s Poor Organ Donation Rates$

Tamil Nadu is the best performing state in India when it comes to organ donation. During Sunday's event Chennai led the way with the pledge counter crossing 100 within a few years.

$Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India\'s Poor Organ Donation Rates$

The message of heart transplant depicted through a beautiful painting created by one of the artists at Ambience Mall in Vasant Kunj, Delhi

$Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India\'s Poor Organ Donation Rates$

Flash mob to make people aware about organ donation performs in City Centre Salt Lake, Kolkata

$Hundreds Gather Across Many Cities To Pledge Their Organs And Hope To Improve India\'s Poor Organ Donation Rates$

From Fortis, Jaipur, Dr Rajiv Lochan Tiwari, Director and Head Aneasthesia, and Mr SuryaKanth Sharma, Organ Transplant Coordinator, talk about the need for more people to embrace organ donation and pledge to be a organ donor

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