Medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh will have a facility of organ donation by the end of next year, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday.
The Health Minister, who was in Agra to attend an organ donation programme organised on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on Sunday, said the medical colleges would have a facility to retrieve or transplant organs when it is donated by any donor.
“Financial aid would also be provided to improve this facility in the medical colleges,” he said.
Mr Mandaviya earlier led around 8,000 people in taking a pledge for organ donation at the GIC ground.
“In the organ donation programme, there were more than 8,000 people who pledged to donate their organs and also registered themselves in the National Organ Donation Registry,” he said.
The Health Minister, who also inaugurated a super speciality wing at the Sarojini Naidu Medical College (SNMC), said that people from Agra and the nearby districts would benefit from it.
“It will help them to get treatment in Agra,” he added.