To spread awareness about the importance of organ donation as well as to understand the value of organ donation in the life of an individual, state’s super multispecialty hospital Utkal Hospital celebrated World Organ Donation Day. A special event was organized on 13th August, Tuesday.
Twin city ( Bhubaneswar-Cuttack) Commissioner of Police Sanjeeb Panda graced the event as chief guest. State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization’s director Dr Umakant Satpathy was also among the esteemed guests.
Utkal Hospital’s executive director Dr Pragyan Ranjan Ghadei, dean and director (academics) Dr Prafulla Kumar Das, director of medical services Dr Ranjan Kumar Mahapatra, HPB and GI surgeon Dr Satya Prakash Ray Chaudhury, Nephrologists Dr Lalat Baruna Patra and Dr Smarak Ranjan Panda, urologist Dr Pabitra Kumar Mishra and AIG Hospital Hyderabad’s VP Santosh Kumar Sahu were the delegates who attended the event.
Guests felicitated all the organ donors who have saved someone’s life by donating their organs.
A drawing competition was also held on the occasion and winners were also felicitated by the humble guests.
Eminent Invasive Cardiologist and Utkal Hospital’s chairman Dr Aditya Samal was the man behind this noble day who inspired the event organized by the hospital.
