A one day review meeting for all the stake holders of the cadaveric organ donation program, Tamil Nadu, was conducted in Government General Hospital, Chennai, on 21st Oct 2010. About 125 members involved in the program like the Transplant hospitals, Doctors, Transplant Coordinators, Nurses, Policy makers and bureaucrats gathered for the discussion. The key issues involved in enhancing the cadaver organ transplant in the state, the presentation and discussion of the latest GO on medico legal aspects and the upgradation of the Tami Nadu online registry website were the topics discussed in the meeting. The meeting started with participant registration followed by Welcome Address by Dr. J.Amalorpavanathan, Convenor, Cadaver Transplant Program. Prof. J. Mohansundaram, Dean, MMC and Dr.C.Veni, Medical Superintendent, Govt. General Hospital addressed the gathering.
Mr. P.W.C.Davidar, Principal Secretary, Information Technology, honoured the GH Nurses (Trauma Ward) for their commendable service towards this noble cause. Mr. P.W.C.Davidar then presented the Government Regulations and G.O. No.259 on medico-legal cases. Issues related to the inquest by a Investigation Officer and the medical officer doing the post mortem in cadaver organ donation cases were discussed. Dr.Sunil Shroff then gave a presentation on the Functioning and New Features in Tamil Nadu Online Transplant Registry, which included a system of alerting the recipients through SMS and entry of donor and recipient details in the website online. Dr. Shroff explained the importance of entering all donor details in the website for data analysis. Dr J Amalorpavanathan then gave an overview of two years of Cadaver Transplant Program in TN from October 2008 to September 2010. He said that there are about 45 licensed hospitals in Tamil Nadu and about 900 organs have been shared among the hospitals. He felt happy announcing that Tamil Nadu contributed to nearly 50% of the whole cadaver organ donation India figures. He added that Tamil Nadu is leading in this programme in the whole country and has the potential of becoming a role model for the country. He was full of praise for the Health Secretary, Transplant coordinators and the Hospitals without whom this could not have been achieved. Lastly the Open House Discussion focused on various issues related to Form No 2 of G.O. 259, its relevance to the inquest etc.
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