Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Srinagar will organise the ‘Organ Donation Day’ on Saturday to raise awareness among the people for organ donation.
A statement of the SKIMS said that the Kidney Transplant Unit is organising the Organ Donation Day tomorrow in which noted legal religious and social personalities will participate.
Among the invitees retired Justice Bashir A Kirmani, Maulana Mufti Nazir A Qasmi, Aga Syed Mudasir Hasan Rizvi , Navtej Singh, Satish Vimal and Dr Mushtaq A Rather are likely to participate in the event.
The program is intended to raise awareness amongst the masses to understand and pledge for organ donation in their lifetime.
This day has been declared by NOTTO (National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation) as the organ donation day and various programs are intended throughout the country to raise awareness about organ donation.
The programme is being held under the patronage of Director SKIMS Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ganie. The kidney transplant unit is organizing this program, the statement said.