category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU cHANDIGARH Continuing with the tradition of creating benchmarks, PGIMER has won laurels again by winning the national award for City Beautiful as in the UT with highest number of Deceased Donors category for its outstanding contribution towards the promotion of cadaver organ donation at an high-profile event organized to celebrate the 13th Indian Organ Donation Day by NOTTO (National Organ Tissue Transplant Organisation) at Manekshaw Hall in New Delhi today. Adding to the accolades was another milestone as Dr. Ashish Sharma, Prof. Head, Deptt. of Renal Transplant Surgery, PGIMER was also awarded for Exemplary Performance in Transplant Surgery award during the event. Union Health Family Welfare Minister Dr.Mansukh Mandaviya, graced the event as the Chief Guest. and Prof. SP Baghel and Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, Ministers of State, Ministry of Health Family Welfare were present on the occasion as the Guests of Honour. Other senior functionaries of Ministry of Health Family Welfare present in good strength including Dr. Atul Goyal, Director General Health Services, Dr Anil Kumar, Director NOTTO, Dr Krishan Kumar, OSD to NOTTO to name a few. It is the fifth time that the national award has been bestowed for PGIMER Chandigarh for its contribution towards the deceased organ donation programme. Earlier, PGIMER has won four national awards in the Best Hospital category in the deceased donation programme for the year 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20. The award for being the UT with highest number of Deceased Donors instituted this year, has been won for the first time. Expressing his happiness at the achievement, Prof.Vivek Lal, Director PGIMER stated, It s an honour to be acknowledged nationally for our contribution towards the promotion of the deceased organ donation programme. With 41 deceased donations impacting 110 lives , over 150 awareness programmes and equally robust registry here in PGIMER , during the year 2022. UT Chandigarh was ahead of all the other union territories in the deceased donation programme. The national awards as UT with highest number of Deceased Donors is a reiteration of the fact that we at PGIMER have been able to make a difference in the Union Territory in the field of Organ Donation beyond the confines of our hospital. The Director further said, The timing of the award is perfect as PGI has accomplished 300 deceased donations impacting 714 lives since the inception of deceased donation programme in 1996. (editor dailyworld.in)