Eye donation, body donation and organ donation after death – Bhai Barinder Singh Masiti State Awardee
Hoshiarpur/Daljeet Ajnoha/Nov.3 – According to the guidelines of the Health Welfare Department of the Government of India, through meetings and seminars at the national level, people are encouraged to donate blood while they are alive, donate eyes after their death, donate their bodies and donate organs. Tanda Bhai Barinder Singh Masiti, social worker eye donor in charge associated with Netradan Association (Reg) Hoshiarpur, who has been raising awareness on bicycle for the last 24 years, who travels more than 20 kilometers on bicycle daily. They are encouraging people to donate eyes and organs by going to cities, towns and villages, while talking about this, they said that since 2000, they have done 29 eye donations. The eyes have been donated posthumously by the family which have been sent to the Punjab Government Medical College, Amritsar and the Punjab Government has provided eyes free of cost to the needy blind persons. He said that this is a commendable step taken by the Punjab government for the good of humanity, the decision of body donation and organ donation is very important for the good of humanity even today. There is a truth, we are not born to live and die, so for the welfare of humanity, every human being should donate organs for the good of humanity according to their own will. Organ donation is the biggest life donation. Because many lives can be saved with the body of a dead person, for the good of humanity, people need to be made aware of this even today. Bhai Masiti said that in our India and Punjab. Punjab government is running a movement to encourage people to donate body parts for the needy disabled persons with the support of medical research works and other organizations by the social service organization.A commendable step. The facility of body donation and organ donation is available at Punjab Government Government Medical College Amritsar, Patiala, Faridkot, PGI Chandigarh. Kidney liver and other organs can be donated (after death) after a person is –declared (mentally) dead. District Hoshiarpur in Punjab is still at the first place in donating eyes for us It is a matter of great pride, he said that this campaign is being successful with the special support of eye donors and family members with the support of our team from the panthic institutions of the district, in Punjab and India. No person should be deprived of eyesight, so it is necessary to create a tradition in the family to donate eyes, so it is the responsibility of the health department employees as well as all of us is made On this occasion, Bhai Barinder Singh Masiti appealed to the people and said to make eye donation a part of your culture.
