Health Minister Mandaviya will lead people in taking pledge for organ donation in Agra on Saturday

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will lead a large number of people in taking a pledge for organ donation in Agra on Saturday, officials said.

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare S P Singh Baghel will also join the event at the GIC Ground which is expected to be attended by around 10,000 people, the ministry said.

Mandaviya will also inaugurate a super specialty block at Sarojini Naidu Medical College in Agra and an organ donation registry.

To register to donate organs, a person will only require Aadhaar number and Aadhaar-linked mobile number.

The minister will also lay the foundation stone of 23 integrated public health labs and 87 block public health units in Agra in Uttar Pradesh on the same day, the ministry said.

This will be followed by a "Seva Pakhwada" for saturation of essential health services which will run from September 17 to October 2.