PUP gears up to break ‘Most People to Sign Up as Organ Donor’ world record
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) and Philippine Information Agency (PIA) will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the “Most People to Sign Up as Organ Donor” on February 28, 2014 at the PUP Track Oval, 9 a.m.
The campaign for organ donation dubbed as “I’m A Lifeline” will be simultaneously done in six zones in the Philippines, namely: North Luzon (San Fernando, La Union), Naga (Bicol Medical Center), Tacloban City, Davao (Southern Philippines Medical Center), Metro Manila (Polytechnic University of the Philippines) on the said date.
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines will try to beat the one hour single-site registration of 2,755 held by Prakash Gurjar and Madadgar Parivar in Ahmedabad, Gudjarat, India last Sept. 17 and the eight hour single-site registration set by Indian National Students Organisation (INSO) in Sir Chhotu Ram Stadium, Rohtak, Haryana, India on December 1 last year.
PUP is tapped to lead the campaign for this record breaking attempt in Metro Manila because of its unbeaten record for the “Largest Human Rainbow,” totalling to 30,365 participants in 2004 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila.
This DOH-PIA-PUP partnership is aligned with government’s goal of strengthening support for organ donation and transplantation in the Philippine medical field and is also reflected in PUP’s goal of promoting social consciousness and humanitarian awareness by being part in this pro-life activity.
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