Rana’s last rites were performed at the Green Park cremation ground in the national capital earlier today, marking the end of a long medical and legal journey that had drawn national attention.
Calling it a new milestone, the hospital said in a statement, “This is not only a first for Safdarjung Hospital, but also the first time that a paediatric renal transplant has been performed in any Central government hospital.”
Dr. Yadav said that guard of honour would be held at the last rites of those who donate their bodies or vital organs like heart, liver and kidney.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday pledged organ donation by registering on Ayushman Bharat Organ Donation Registry of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
LS Changsan, Additional Secretary of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stressed on the importance of organ donation and said it needs to become a way of life to give a new lease of life.
The additional secretary of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said, “The government of India has adopted a policy of ‘One Nation, One Policy’ for organ donation and transplantation.”
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel on Saturday said there is a need to promote organ donation from deceased persons and brain stem dead.
Speaking at the ninth convocation of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) here, the President Murmu called for more and more awareness campaigns on a larger scale to encourage people about organ donation.
Calling on the citizens to come ahead for organ donation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday
The entire procedure of organ retrieval and transplantation started at 11.30 p.m. on Friday and went on till noon on Saturday.
