{"id":47494,"date":"2025-08-07T19:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=47494"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:34:56","slug":"punjab-bags-emerging-state-in-organ-donation-transplantation-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/punjab-bags-emerging-state-in-organ-donation-transplantation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"PUNJAB BAGS \u201cEMERGING STATE IN ORGAN DONATION &#038; TRANSPLANTATION\u201d AWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>PUNJAB BAGS \u201cEMERGING STATE IN ORGAN DONATION &amp; TRANSPLANTATION\u201d AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Director Medical Education &amp; Research received prestigious award during glittering ceremony organised by NOTTO<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Medical Education and Research Minister Dr Balbir Singh congratulates the department and SOTTO team for the feat<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chandigarh, August 7:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In a landmark achievement, the State of Punjab has been recognised as an &#8216;Emerging State in Organ Donation and Transplantation,&#8217; with the prestigious award during the 15th Indian Organ Donation Day (IODD) held in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), under the Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare (MoHFW), organised the prestigious award ceremony, which was graced by the Union Health &amp; Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The award was proudly received by Director of Medical Education &amp; Research (DRME) Punjab Dr Avnish Kumar, along with steering committee member Dr Akash Deep Aggarwal and Nodal Officer of State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) Punjab Dr Gagneen Kaur Sandhu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister Dr Balbir Singh extended his heartiest congratulations to the department and SOTTO team for this notable achievement. The recognition highlights Punjab&#8217;s outstanding work in promoting awareness, developing infrastructure and reaching significant milestones in deceased organ donations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr Balbir Singh reiterated the Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government\u2019s unwavering commitment to further advancing these efforts, with a continued focus on promoting awareness, enhancing infrastructure and fostering a culture of organ donation that would benefit countless lives across Punjab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUNJAB BAGS \u201cEMERGING STATE IN ORGAN DONATION &amp; TRANSPLANTATION\u201d AWARD \u00a0 Director Medical Education &amp; Research received prestigious award during glittering ceremony organised by NOTTO \u00a0 Medical Education and Research Minister Dr Balbir Singh congratulates the department and SOTTO team for the feat Chandigarh, August 7: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In a landmark achievement, the State of Punjab [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":47495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-punjab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PUNJAB BAGS \u201cEMERGING STATE IN ORGAN DONATION &amp; 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