Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: A meeting of State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (SOTTO) J&K steering committee was held under the chairpersonship of Dr Shashi Sudhan Sharma, Principal Government Medical College (GMC) & Associated Hospitals Jammu at GMC Jammu.
In the meeting, the constitution of appropriate authority by the Government was discussed and it was decided to include Dr Shazia Wafai, Senior Regional Director, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to take up the matter with higher authorities.
It was also decided to operationalize SOTTO fully. Dr Shashi stressed upon to create awareness among the masses with regard to organ pledging and allied awareness. She laid stress on timely staffing and development of allied infrastructure to make SOTTO fully functional.
Dr Elias Sharma, Nodal Officer SOTTO, emphasized on the outsourcing of labs for starting of Renal Transplant in Super Speciality Hospital. Principal GMC agreed for the exploring possibility of outsourcing lab tests to a public sector undertaking.
It was decided to send the staff on training to start the Renal Transplant. It was decided to resolve other pending issues as soon as possible.
The Principal exhorted for launching a concerted information, education and communication campaign among the stakeholders and explore the best possible utilization of funds by organizing events, talk shows and conferences.
The meeting was also attended by Nagendra Singh Jamwal, Administrator, GMC & AH, Dr S L Kachroo Joint Director, SOTTO, Dr Arun Sharma MS SSH, Dr Raju Bhandari Consultant, Nephrology Department, Sonia Vaid, Deputy Director P&S GMC and Ramesh Lal Bains CAO GMC.
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