A first of its kind, Continuing Medical Education (CME) on “Deceased Organ Donation” was conducted at the Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai on 20th April 2017. The CME was organised by Madurai Medical College & Government Rajaji Hospital in association with MOHAN Foundation and supported by the SBI Foundation.
The CME was inaugurated by Dr. M. R. Vairamuthu Raju, Dean, Madurai Medical College and Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai. In his welcome address, he mentioned that the Government Rajaji Hospital has been licensed as a centre to perform organ transplants such as kidney, liver, heart, lung and pancreas transplantation. He stated that the main objective of the CME was to train and sensitize the various stakeholders of the hospital to start the deceased donor programme at Government Rajaji Hospital.
The programme had the following sessions
After the sessions, there was a discussion on the following and the queries raised by the participants were clarified by the speakers.
The CME was attended by around 55 doctors from various departments. The programme culminated with a valedictory function during which the speakers were felicitated by the Dean. Dr. Ganesh Prabhu, Director, Institute of Anesthesiology cum Nodal Officer, Deceased Donation Programme, Madurai Medical College and Government Rajaji Hospital proposed the vote of thanks.