Members of the Hindu community in Leicester signed up for organ donation at a campaign supported by the city’s hospitals.
![People signing up to become organ donors.](http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1040890/stream_img.jpg)
The campaign was launched at an Organ Donor Signing Card event this afternoon at the Shreejidham Haveli in Leicester.
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Community ambassadors from University Hospitals Leicester are encouraging people from the Hindu community to become organ donors.
![Hansa Solanki signing up to the organ donor register.](http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1040893/stream_img.jpg)
The aim of the event and campaign is to raise awareness of Organ Donation and Transplantation in Leicestershire which has a population of over 50,000 Hindus.
![Poster encouraging more people from the Hindu community to become organ donors.](http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1040894/stream_img.jpg)