Madras High Court Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala on Thursday, October 12, 2023 inaugurated an organ donation awareness camp at the court campus in the presence of other judges in the principal seat of the High Court in Chennai as well as those in the Madurai Bench who participated through video call.
Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram too shared the dais along with the Chief Justice. State Government Pleader P. Muthukumar was the first to sign a pledge agreeing to donate his organs. The camp had been planned till 5 pm in the court premises for making online and offline declarations.
Addressing the gathering, Health Secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi said, Spain was considered the forerunner among all countries in the world when it came to organ donation. As far as India was considered, Tamil Nadu was the Spain of the country since it had made tremendous progress, he said.
