Brain Death & Organ Donation & Transplant Symposium
Jointly conducted by
Government of Rajasthan and MFJCF
Venue: Library Seminar Hall SMS Medical College
Date: Saturday, December 06, 2014
Agenda:
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Topic
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Speaker
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Inauguration and Welcome Address
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Rajeev Arora
Vice President - Rajasthan Sate Congress Committee
Trustee – Jaipur Citizen Forum
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Overview of deceased organ donation in India
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Dr Sunil Shroff
Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation
Professor, Dept of Urology & Renal Transplantation, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai
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Legal aspects in Organ donation
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Dr. Muneet Sahi
Senior Transplant Coordinator
MOHAN Foundation
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Identification &Certification of Brain death
Film on ABG Analysis ( 10 minutes)
Film on Brain Death ( 5 minutes)
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Dr. Sandeep Vaishya
Director, Neurosurgery
Fortis Memorial Research Institute
Gurgaon
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Maintenance of a brain dead donor
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Dr. Vijayanad Palani
Intensive Care Specialist
G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial(GKNM) Hospital, Coimbatore
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Approaching donor families for Organ donation
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Short presentation by Pallavi Kumar followed by films on “ Best Practices in Approaching Donor families”
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Medico-legal cases- How to handle them?
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Ms. Pallavi Kumar
Executive Director (Delhi-NCR) MOHAN Foundation
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Panel Discussion: How to take deceased organ donation forward in Rajasthan
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Moderated by Dr Chris Barry & Dr Manish Sharma, Dr. Sandeep Vaishya, Dr. Vijay , Dr. Bhojwani
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Sharing of Case Studies
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Dr Palani/ Dr Muneet/ Pallavi
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More than 15 hospitals attended the workshop and there were close to 100 participants. Exciting and enriching discussion followed each of the sessions.
The panel discussion took up various issues such as clarity on the role of MFJCF, realistic time frame for kidney and liver transplant to take off in the state, need for GOs (government orders) to streamline the processes, sharing etc.
