Awareness Programmes

 HEART TRANSPLANT DAY  3rd August 2004

Celebration of Heart Transplant day on the 3rd of August 2004 with the Honourable President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul  Kalam in President House. Faculty of AIIMS & Heart Transplant Recipients sharing their experiences on Heart Transplant with the Honorable President.

Workshop on "ORGAN RETRIEVAL IN MEDICO LEGAL CASES"   23 March, 2003

A workshop on "ORGAN RETRIEVAL IN MEDICO LEGAL CASES" was organized on 23 March, 2003 at AIIMS. The objective of this workshop was to develop guidelines and smooth procedures for organ retrieval . The Forensic Experts from all over the India, Clinical Experts from Department of Cardiology, CTVS, Neuro Surgery and Neurology, Lawyers from Supreme Court, Nodal officers from Delhi Hospitals and Delhi Police officials from Crime Branch etc. attended the workshop.

HEART TRANSPLANT DAY  3rd August 2003

The ninth anniversary of first heart Transplant operation was celebrated on 3 Aug, 2003. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj, AIIMS Director P. Venugopal with several doctors were present on this occasion. PM announced that 3rd August will henceforth be celebrated as National Heart Transplant Day. He also designated ORBO as a national facility. 

Organ Retrieval and Banking Organisation (ORBO) and Department of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery(CTVS) organized a comprehensive Transplant Nursing Workshop. The workshop was inaugurated by Professor P. Venugopal, Chief Cardio Thoracic Centre, AIIMS.

The workshop covered introduction of activities and objectives of ORBO, management of end stage diseases of liver, renal and cardiac patients transplantation (surgical techniques) and post transplant management the recipients. Senior faculties from the departments of Cardiology Nephrology, Gastroenterology, and the dietician and physiotherapist took this session.

Sparsh 2002 Extempore inter-Competition was organized by ORBO (AIIMS) & SBO in association with Govt. of India and sponsored by MTNL on 15th November 2002 at Raman Auditorium. Schools from all over Delhi participated with the goal to encourage organ donation. Celebrities like Kapil Dev and Manpreet Brar also showed there support with their presence.

Awareness Camp -- 18-19 September

Medical students signing up donor card during Organ Donation Awareness Camp help at AIIMS. This was attended by medical students from different medical colleges all over the country.

FIRST MEETING OF NODAL OFFICERS – 24th Aug. 2002

First meeting of nodal officers.24th Aug. 2002

The first meeting of nodal officers from various hospitals of Delhi was held on 24th Aug. 2002 under the chairmanship of Prof. P. Venugopal, chief C N Centre and Dean, AIIMS. The meeting was held with the purpose of discussing activities of ORBO and to workout modalities for networking of various hospitals in Delhi. 

Senior Nodal Officers from Govt. and private hospitals like Safdarjung Hospital, Army Hospital (R&R), Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, G.B. Pant Hospital, Loknayak Jaya Prakash Narain Hospital, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Batra Hospital, Escorts Heart Institute and St. Stephens Hospital attended the meeting and actively discussed the various issues for facilitating the transplant programme in our Country.

3rd AUGUST 2002 – CELEBRATED AS “ORBO TRANSPLANT DAY”

Recipients celebrate transplant day.3rd Aug.2002

Patients who had successfully undergone transplant cut the cake to celebrate their new lives on 3rd August at Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation, AIIMS. They celebrated the day they got the gift of life
again, and were here to remember and cherish this rare chance. It was also a day for doctors to see the difference they had made, while for some it was an opportunity to thank those who had given them their
lives back. On this occasion, transplant patients, transplant surgeons, physicians, nursing staff and others gathered to interact with each other and share their experiences.