AIIMS Nagpur Bags 3 More Awards For Excellence In Organ Donation
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On August 2, AIIMS Nagpur was conferred 'Best Emerging Government Institution in Organ Donation and Transplantation' award by NOTTO during the 15th Indian Organ Donation Day celebration held in Delhi.
On August 5, AIIMS Nagpur received a special award for the state hospital for retrieval of deceased donation organ programme, a regional award for best brain stem death committee, and a special award for donation after DCD in Maharashtra.
The three regional awards were given by the Regional cum State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (ROTTOSOTTO), Western Region & Maharashtra.
AIIMS Nagpur nodal officer Dr Manish Shrigiriwar received the awards on behalf of the institute in Mumbai. AIIMS-N executive director Dr Prashant P Joshi commended the team. AIIMS Nagpur has so far conducted 46 kidney transplants.
The brainstem death committee of AIIMS Nagpur includes Doctors Alok Umredkar, Suchita Meshram, Udit Narang, Gunjan Ghodeshwar, Bharat Rathod, Om Asai, Rajashree Khot, Vijay Bidkar, Mahendra Chauhan, Kiran, Jagne, Sandeep Dhabekar, Amol Dube, Nishant Banait, and Abhijit Chaudhary, who got certificate of appreciation and recognition to the brainstem death committee.
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