Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 25: A meeting of State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (SOTTO) was held here today to discuss various issues pertaining to the organization.
The meeting was chaired by Nagendra Singh Jamwal, Administrator Government Medical College and Associated Hospitals (GMC&AH), Jammu at Super Speciality Hospital here.
Various issues like purchasing of ambulance, extension of services of staff and other pending matters of SOTTO were discussed in the meeting and it was decided to resolve these issues as soon as possible.
A handout of SOTTO stated that the organization will be acquiring a dedicated ambulance to further its services.
The meeting was called to initiate steps towards initiating Renal Transplant in SSH which has been flagged as a priority by Dr. Shashi Sudan Sharma, Principal GMC&AH.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Elias Sharma, Nodal Officer SOTTO; 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; Ramesh Lal Bains, CAO GMC and Safina Bi Choudhary, PLO.