Taking forward the mandate of Organ Donation
ROTTO North in collaboration Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health Organises a Sensitisation session for 36 International Delegates of over 19 Countries*
In sync with its vision of holistic development ROTTO North in collaboration with Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh reiterated its commitment for the noble cause of Organ Donation by organising an engaging and impressive sensitisation session for 36 International Delegates of over 19 Countries.
All 36 senior-level participants were from 19 countries, namely Tanzania, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Paraguay, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Botswana, Tajikistan, Oman, Mexico, Liberia, Zambia, Bhutan, South Sudan, Iraq, Mongolia, Mauritius, Ghana and Kingdom of Eswatini (Formerly Swaziland).
Commending the social responsibility endeavour, Prof. Vipin Koushal from PGIMER stated, “It’s heartening to see International countries joining hands and committing to take forward the campaign to the next level.”
Prof. Sonu Goel Program Director and Professor Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health “The intent of the programme is to acquaint the participants with the best practices and innovations being undertaken in PGIMER in different departments & Organ Donation & Transplantation being one of the key focus areas.”
Deliberating on the initiatives being undertaken by ROTTO PGIMER to promote Organ Donation, Ms Saryu D Madra, Consultant (IEC/Media) ROTTO PGIMER emphasized that the solution to organ shortage is possible only through systematic strengthening of the deceased donor programme. “We don’t ever want someone else to suffer a loss in their family but if it does happen it’d be magnanimous on their part to give a second lease of life to someone else in their passing.”
The key highpoint of the event was a very engaging and interesting QA session.
The senior delegates also visited the Tele evidence, the first in the country to initiate Tele evidence i:e testimony of doctors through video conferencing, rather than their physical presence in the court. This facility has saved 1.92 crores over a period of 2 years beside saving 30000 hours of doctors. The innovative practice of Tele-medicine was also demonstrated, which is connected to the neighbouring states and SAARC countries for providing basic and highly specialised care. PGIMER has excelled itself in providing state of art digital health to the citizen of the country and has been a torchbearer for the digital mission said Dr. Sonu Goel, Program Director.
