Shamsher sidhu biography examples
Shamsher sidhu biography examples
Shamsher sidhu biography examples in english.
‘It’s the most satisfying feeling’: Indian family registers to donate their bodies
There are around 1,400 people on transplant waiting lists and 12,000 people on dialysis around Australia.
It’s out of this consideration that an Indian family in Brisbane has taken the pledge to donate their bodies, hoping their gesture will help create awareness in Australia's Indian community about organ donation.
Thirty-year-old Shamsher Sidhu- a fabrication engineer – says he was always encouraged by his father who wanted to donate his eyes but couldn’t do so due to pressure from the community.
“My father regretted that he couldn’t donate his eyes but he has always encouraged us to do so.”
But he says two deaths in his extended family due to organ failure prompted him to act.
“My cousin and an uncle lost their lives due to kidney failure.
And I always think if they had received a donated organ in time, they would have been alive