As many as 83 lawyers, magistrates and judges from Mangaluru on Wednesday gave a declaration of their intent to donate their eyes. In all, the district administration has so far received declarations from 7,100 government employees and others.
Six months ago, M.R. Ravi, Chief Executive Officer, zilla panchayat, started the drive to inspire government employees and other personnel to give declarations for eye donation. The Department of Health and Family Welfare was entrusted with the task of holding programmes for registering people for eye donation.
On Wednesday, a programme was held at the District Court Complex. Apart from registration for eye donation, there was a talk by psychiatrist Srinivas Bhat on ‘Managing stress at the work place’. The programme was organised in association with the District Legal Services Authority and Mangaluru Bar Association. In his talk, Dr. Bhat asked lawyers and judicial staff to limit their usage of mobile phones. This would help in spending quality time with family and also allow people to take out time for exercise. Dr. Bhat expressed the need for professionals to walk for about 4 km every day and also get involved in yoga and meditation.
K.S. Bilagi, Principal District and Sessions Judge; District Health Officer Ramakrishna Rao; and M.R. Ballal, president, Mangaluru Bar Association, took part.
