The CM approved an annual outlay of Rs 88.90 lakh, including recurring and non-recurring expenditure, for the organisation
Haryana Government in order to promote organ donation in Haryana, will establish an organ and tissue transplant organisation at Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak. Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister, Haryana, has approved a proposal to set up the state organ and tissue transplant organisation (SOTTO) and directed officers to establish it by January 31, an official spokesman said in Chandigarh.
Khattar also approved an annual outlay of Rs 88.90 lakh, including recurring and non-recurring expenditure, for the organisation, he said. The spokesman said the PGIMS, which is a tertiary care health institute, has designated a nodal officer for the project. The PGIMS along with other government, government-aided and private medical colleges in Haryana would work towards creating public awareness about organ donation, ask people to take a pledge to donate organs, motivate family members to allow organ donation of a deceased, identify and notify brain deaths and inform hospitals about availability of organs, he said.