Mysore/Mysuru: To create awareness on the importance of wearing helmets, to mitigate road fatalities and to promote road safety, Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, conducted an awareness programme in city recently.

As part of this initiative, the Hospital shed light on the alarming correlation between organ donations and accidents resulting from not wearing helmets.

By highlighting this crucial link, the hospital aims to emphasise the urgent need for widespread adoption of helmet usage to prevent avoidable tragedies on roads.

In a special event held at the Emergency Department of the Hospital,  Apollo BGS Hospitals distributed 25 helmets free of cost to students and youths. The helmets were distributed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police.

Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, has extended its gratitude to Suyog Hospital, Mysuru, for the unwavering support in championing this noble cause.

KR Traffic Inspector H.P. Sharath Kumar, Sub-Inspector Mahaveer Bilagi, Chief Gastroenterologist & Head of Institute of Gastrosciences, Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, Dr. Rajkumar P. Wadhwa, Chief Cardiologist and Head of Heart Institute Dr. Arun Srinivas, Chief Nephrologist and Kidney Transplant Physician Dr. Srinivas Nalloor, Consultant Liver Transplant Surgeons Dr. Jayanth Reddy and Dr. Sagar Narayan, Medical Superintendent Dr. Aman Naik and Consultant & In-charge of Department of Emergency Medicine Dr. Shivakumar B. Basavaradder were present.