Question : Organ Donation Day is observed every year on —
(a)13th of August
(b)12th of August
(c)11th of August
(d)10th of August
Answer : (a)
Related facts
- Organ Donation Day is observed every year on 13th of August.
- The aim of this day is to motivate normal human beings to pledge to donate organs after death, and to spread awareness about the importance of organ donation.
- Organ Donation is donating a donor’s organs like heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, lungs, and pancreas, after the donor dies, for the purpose of transplanting them into another person who is in need of an organ.
- The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of India launched the 6th World and first ever Indian Organ Donation Day and Organ Donation Congress in 2010 in New Delhi.
By — Pankaj Pandey.