Updated On: 29 July, 2025 10:35 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Maharashtra’s Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare, Prakash Abitkar urged all officials to treat this campaign not just as an initiative but as a movement that can bring hope to thousands of patients

Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar (above) directed the department to honour families who have donated organs on August 15
Maharashtra’s Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare, Prakash Abitkar, has announced a statewide drive promoting organ donation from August 3 to 15, 2025, officials said on Tuesday.
The campaign will be run as a people’s movement, aiming to boost organ donation rates in the state, they said.
Abitkar held a high-level state meeting in Mumbai and asked the officials to prepare for the drive, an official statement said.