The Health Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry organized a programme titled, ‘Deceased Donor Programme - Cadaver Daan’ on 26th November, 2016 in the Chamber premises. The programme had been organized to spread awareness on Cadaveric Transplantation. Cadaveric Transplantation happens when a patient is brain dead and the family decides to donate the person’s organs or the family of an accident victim donates the organs. The Chamber, which has stood with Society for over 180 years, feels that this is an area, where it, as a social organization should step in and catalyze the connect between the donor with the hospitals and the Government authorities, more so since the demand for organs is growing by multiples and yet the number of donors are only a few. This is a serious problem for the Nation and the Chamber should commence by creating awareness. The objective of the programme was just that!

The programme witnessed the deliberations of eminent speakers like Dr. Amit Ghose, Chairperson Emeritus - Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Consultant Urologist, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals Kolkata; Dr. V V Lakshminarayanan, Chief Nephrologist, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals Kolkata; Dr. Aditi Kishore Sarkar, Addl DHS (Admin), Government of West Bengal; Dr. Vivek Jha, Executive Director, The George Institute for Global Health & Consultant Nephrologist, Fortis Escorts Hospital, New Delhi; Dr. Sunil Shroff, Senior Consultant Urologist, Transplant Surgeon & Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation; Dr. Sujoy Kar, Director, Medical Services, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata; Shri V. Solomon Nesakumar, IPS, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic). The speakers discussed the overview of cadaveric transplantation and the steps that are being taken by the WB Government to boost awareness on the issue. Some donors had also come forward in the last five months and the role of the Traffic Police in the movement of organs from one hospital to another via a green corridor was also addressed. Various legal and ethical problems that are involved in organ transplantation, how to overcome those hurdles and to enhance people’s awareness on the issue were also addressed. The programme was attended by close to 200 delegates.