Nagpur,

14 Aug (HS): Indian Medical Association, Association of Physicians of India, Vidarbha

Chapter, and Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre have jointly organised an

awareness programme about Organ Donation, at IMA Hall, North Ambazari Road,

Nagpur, from 10 am to 12 noon on August 16.

Nagpur’s

Commissioner of Police Dr Vishwas Nagre Patil will be in the chair. ZTCC Chief

Dr Manish Shrigiriwar and RTO Commissioner Kiran Bidkar will be the guests of

honours.

Ensuring ‘green

corridor’ is important in organ donation as the donated organ should reach the

recipient within the stipulated time. RTO, Police and the organ harvesting hospital

play a major role in this arrangement.

Besides

the guests, API Vidarbha Chapter Chairperson Dr Tanuja Manohar, Chief of the

Scientific Committee Dr Manjusha Mardikar will guide the participants about

importance of organ donation.

Various

other programmes have been organised on the occasion to help the people aware

of the procedure in easy manner. The programmes include a skit, procedure for

organ donation, poem, symposium, sharing experience with the audience and

question-answer session etc.

Mohan

Foundation and Madhav Eye Bank will provide information and process for

registration at the venue.

The

programme will be both in Marathi and Hindi languages.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar