Haryana health minister Arti Singh Rao on Wednesday honoured the medical superintendent of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, PGIMS Rohtak, State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTO) Haryana and the organ transplant team by presenting them certificates of appreciation in Chandigarh.
According to an official, the health minister said that due to their tireless efforts, Haryana is emerging as a model state in the field of organ donation. She congratulated vice chancellor Dr HK Aggarwal, medical superintendent, Dr Kundan Mittal, doctors, surgeons, the SOTO Haryana team, nursing staff and the entire medical team for successfully carrying out organ transplants from brain-dead donors. She said this noble work is saving many lives.
Rao specially mentioned the case in which the PGIMS Rohtak team transported a kidney via an army helicopter to the Army Command Hospital in Chandimandir. She said the timely transplant helped save a soldier’s life.
She added that the coordination among the medical team, administration and armed forces reflects the true spirit of service to humanity. The minister said that the team led by Dr Aggarwal at PGIMS has set a new record by successfully conducting five organ donations in the last two months.