World Organ Donation Day

World Organ Donation Day is observed on August 13 as to spread awareness about the importance of organ donation. This day encourages people to donate their healthy organs after death in order to save more lives. Kidneys, heart, pancreas, eyes, lungs, etc can be donated to help save the lives of those who are suffering from chronic illnesses.

This day aims to help people realise that volunteering to donate their organs after death can be life-changing for many.

Modern medicine has evolved significantly.  It has made it possible for organs to be transplanted from one person to another and enables them to live a healthy life. The first-ever successful living donor organ transplant was done in 1954 in the United States. Doctor Joseph Murray won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1990 for successfully carrying out a kidney transplant between twin brothers Ronald and Richard Herrick.

Donating one's organs is giving someone a new life, anyone can volunteer to be an organ donor irrespective of their age, caste, and religion. Those volunteering to donate their organs do not suffer from chronic diseases like HIV, cancer, or any heart and lung disease. One can sign up to be a donor once they reach 18 years of age.

International Lefthanders Day

International Lefthanders Day 2021 will be observed on the 13th of August to celebrate the differences and distinctiveness of left handed individuals. The day is celebrated all over the world to celebrate the uniqueness of lefties. The day was first observed in 1976 by Dean R Campbell, founder of the Lefthanders International, Inc. Sachin Tendulkar, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Aristotle are all lefties.