AfterRajasthantransport department became first in the country to make it mandatory for driving licence applicants to declare their willingness or unwillingness for organ declaration, nearly 3 lakh applicants have agreed to cadaver organ donation between September 2020 and December 2021.
Till July this year, there were 2 lakh people who had pledged for the same and this number saw a leap of 1 lakh within six months and now the transport department officials will write to Health department as well as principals of medical colleges to coordinate with them to increase the scope of organ donation.
The desert state was also the first to issue driving licence bearing the organ donor logo. Officials claimed that this initiative makes it simpler for authorities in case of an accident or if the individual is declared brain dead to retrieve his/her organs and donated to patients requiring a transplant.