UP Medical Colleges to have organ donation facility by 2024: Mansukh Mandaviya

He said that the government's aim is to increase organ donation from 2 per cent to 60 per cent.

Addressing the event at GIC Ground, Agra, the Union Minister said that there is no greater virtue than organ donation. He said that another person gets a new life after the death of one person through organ donation.

He said that the Modi government is guaranteeing free treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh to 60 crore people of the country. He said that under the Ayushman Bhava campaign, Seva Pakhwada will run from September 17 to October 2, in which more and more people should get their Ayushman cards.

Mandaviya said that earlier the youth of the country had to go abroad to study MBBS, but in the last nine years the number of MBBS seats has doubled under the Modi government. "Earlier there were 54,000 seats, which has now increased to 1.07 lakh," he said.

He said that the objective of the Ayushman Bhava campaign is to ensure adequate coverage of all health schemes. He said the campaign unites government sectors, civil society organisations and communities under a common mission to ensure that every person receives essential health services without any disparity or exclusion.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his video message said that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always given utmost importance to the health and well-being of the citizens.

Lauding the Organ Donation Pledge initiative, he said that organ donation can give a new life to another person. He encouraged the attendees to take a pledge to donate their organs so that this message resonates across the country.