PSEB to include brain dead studies in schools
Class IX and X curriculum to have the new topic from next session Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka gives green signal to it, topic to be included in school books from next session
Nidhi Bhanot Ludhiana-Punjab Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka has given the green signal for the inclusion of a chapter on ‘brain dead’ in the syllabus of ninth and matriculation classes. The education minister nodded after Dr B S Aulakh, urology professor and head of Kidney Transplant Surgery at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital requested him to do so.
The new chapter would be included from the next session in the science books of Punjab School Education Board to make the younger generation aware about the possibilities of organ donation of the brain dead persons as it can save many lives. Talking to Daily Post, Dr B S Aulakh said, “We had requested the Education Minister to include the topic of brain dead in the school books. We also want the certification process of the brain dead persons to be simplified.” Aulakh further said that the government can also attach a card describing information about organ donation, with the driving licences. Everyone should know how important it is to donate the organs of the brain dead persons because their ninety per cent organs can be used to save the lives of the others. “But due to lack of knowledge the kin of such patients refuse to do so with a hope that the brain dead patient will gain consciousness, which is not possible at all,” said Aulakh. According to the expert, he requested the minister a few days ago just before his visit to a foreign country. “The minister agreed to my proposal and it will be included in the school books from next session onwards. We will also try to get the same implemented in the school books of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),” he said. Further issues will be discussed with the minister after his return to India. It may be mentioned here that only 120 organ donation cases have been reported in the Northern India in the last 20 years and maximum of such transplantations have taken place in PGI, Chandigarh. However, Southern states are ahead in this direction as more people come forward in Kerela, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for the donation of the organs of the brain dead persons. According to Aulakh, two lakh patients in India need kidneys and over one lakh persons are lying with dead brains in the ICU of many hospitals in our country. So if both kidneys each of such patients is donated by their kin, then the lives of the kidney patients can be saved easily.
Class IX and X curriculum to have the new topic from next session Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka gives green signal to it, topic to be included in school books from next session
Nidhi Bhanot Ludhiana-Punjab Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka has given the green signal for the inclusion of a chapter on ‘brain dead’ in the syllabus of ninth and matriculation classes. The education minister nodded after Dr B S Aulakh, urology professor and head of Kidney Transplant Surgery at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital requested him to do so.
The new chapter would be included from the next session in the science books of Punjab School Education Board to make the younger generation aware about the possibilities of organ donation of the brain dead persons as it can save many lives. Talking to Daily Post, Dr B S Aulakh said, “We had requested the Education Minister to include the topic of brain dead in the school books. We also want the certification process of the brain dead persons to be simplified.” Aulakh further said that the government can also attach a card describing information about organ donation, with the driving licences. Everyone should know how important it is to donate the organs of the brain dead persons because their ninety per cent organs can be used to save the lives of the others. “But due to lack of knowledge the kin of such patients refuse to do so with a hope that the brain dead patient will gain consciousness, which is not possible at all,” said Aulakh. According to the expert, he requested the minister a few days ago just before his visit to a foreign country. “The minister agreed to my proposal and it will be included in the school books from next session onwards. We will also try to get the same implemented in the school books of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),” he said. Further issues will be discussed with the minister after his return to India. It may be mentioned here that only 120 organ donation cases have been reported in the Northern India in the last 20 years and maximum of such transplantations have taken place in PGI, Chandigarh. However, Southern states are ahead in this direction as more people come forward in Kerela, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for the donation of the organs of the brain dead persons. According to Aulakh, two lakh patients in India need kidneys and over one lakh persons are lying with dead brains in the ICU of many hospitals in our country. So if both kidneys each of such patients is donated by their kin, then the lives of the kidney patients can be saved easily.
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