Under the aegis of NOTTO, MOHAN Foundation in partnership with Fortis Organ Retrieval & Transplant (FORT) conducted a Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon from April 12-16, 2016. 

58 delegates of varied profiles – transplant coordinators, doctors, nurses, medical social workers, senior managers, medical superintendent and counselors from 11 states and 2 union territories of India attended the training in Transplant Coordination. This was the third consecutive year the training was held in partnership with FORT under the guidance of Dr. Avnish Seth (Director, FORT). The highlight of the training programme was the panel discussion held on the last day. Dr. Arti Vij (Faculty incharge, ORBO), Dr. Harsha Jauhari (Chairman, Renal Transplant Surgery, SGRH & Advisor, Organ Transplant Programme), Dr. Sunil Shroff (Managing Trustee, MF), Dr. Bishnu Panigrahi (Vice President, FHL), Dr. S. K. Badhan (Consultant Coordinator, NOTTO), Ms. Preeti Monga (CEO, Silver Linings) & Ms. Anika Parashar (Trustee, Parashar Foundation) were the panelists. Dr. Avnish Seth (Director, FORT) and Ms. Pallavi Kumar (Executive Director, MF) were the moderators. The panelists unanimously agreed that all the stakeholders involved in the deceased donation program including the NGOs and the hospital based organisations working in the field of organ donation should have a defined role and work cohesively under the national umbrella i.e. NOTTO.

Following the panel discussion a special ceremony was organised to felicitate the police personnel in Gurgaon who had helped both in medicolegal cases and in the formation of green corridors for timely donation and shifting of organs. Mr Navdeep Singh Virk (Commissioner of Police, Gurgaon) along with other police personnel were given certificates of appreciation and they also pledged to donate their organs. At the valedictory session, Dr. Sunil Shroff and Dr. Avnish Seth gave away completion certificates to all the delegates.