Dr Sunil Shroff (Managing Trustee) and Ms Pallavi Kumar (Executive Director) were invited to speak at a CME and workshop on “Awareness on Organ Donation” organized by Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, AIIMS Bhubaneswar in association with NOTTO (National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation) on November 27, 2022. This was the first such workshop organized by AIIMS Bhubaneswar with a view to start deceased organ donation and transplantation in the institute.
Dr Sunil Shroff spoke on, “Setting up a successful deceased donation program in a hospital” and Ms Pallavi Kumar spoke on, “ The art of Grief Counselling and supporting donor families”
Some of the other sessions were:
Skits and mimes were performed by Umang, the drama club of AIIMS Bhubaneshwar.
The movie, “Aye Zindagi” based on the real life story of Mrs Lalitha Raghuram (Country Director, MOHAN Foundation) was also screened post the CME.