Chennai, August 5, 2017: Gleneagles Global Health City, the largest facility of Gleneagles Global Hospitals, a Parkway Pantai enterprise, in association with the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, Chennai City Branch (IAP-CCB) on the occasion of “World Organ Donation Day” conducted a national level quiz titled “Organ Transplantation in children”. The quiz took place on 5th August 2017, Saturday at the Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai facility. The quiz was conducted to increase awareness on paediatric transplantation and organ donation among undergraduate and postgraduate medical students.
Dr Naresh Shanmugam, Director, Institute of Advanced Paediatrics, spear headed the organising committee as the Organising Chairperson while the doctors representing Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai were Dr Deenadayalan, Clinical Head, Paediatric Haemto – Oncology, Dr Julius Scott – Senior Consultant, Paediatric Haemato – Oncology, Dr Arul Narayanan, HOD – Paediatric Cardiology and Dr V. Chandrasekaran, HOD and Sr. Consultant – Institute of Renal Sciences. The scientific coordinators were a two member team consisting of Dr Ravi Kumar, Sr. Consultant – Paediatric (PICU), Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai and Dr Vimal Kumar, Consultant, Paediatric Haemato-Oncology, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai.
Two member teams were formed for the quiz with undergraduate candidates of any MBBS years or CRRIs or postgraduates from Paediatrics training courses DCH/MD/DNB. The quiz covered various topics such as basics of liver, bone marrow transplant, kidney and heart & lung transplantation.
“ Children, even newborn babies can get diseases that requires transplantation. Many people including some doctors are not aware that organ transplantation could be done on little babies. Getting cadaveric graft for small children pose huge challenge due to non-availability of appropriate sized graft and can deteriorate in waiting list. In an endevour to create awareness amongst the next crop of medical students in India on the advancement of pediatric transplantation in our country and nation wide drive to incrase awareness on organ donation we have organised national level quiz on ‘ Organ transplantation in children’ on the ocassion of World Organ Donation Day.” said Dr Naresh Shanmugam, Director, Institute of Advanced Paediatrics. He further added that“It gives us great honour and pleasure to be associated with an esteemed organization such as the IAP-CCB in promoting message about organ donation”,
Trophies and cash prices were awarded to the post graduate and undergraduate winning teams
About Gleneagles Global Health City:
The sprawling, 21-acre facility in Perumbakkam, Chennai is the largest facility of Gleneagles Global Hospitals India, with a capacity of over 1000-beds and accreditations from leading agencies. The facility is one of the best for advanced healthcare in India. The hospital offers the end-to-end spectrum of advanced healthcare facilities as well as excellent facilities for research and advanced education. The hospital has undertaken several path-breaking liver, heart, lung and kidney procedures.
Accredited and recognized by several international and national level accrediting agencies, it is a healthcare destination of choice for both people in India and worldwide. World-class infrastructure, dedicated staff and a commitment for medical excellence are the USPs of this Global Hospital facility. The hospital has several achievements to its credit and continues to work on several pioneering procedures.
Gleneagles Global Hospitals, a Parkway Pantai Enterprise:
Gleneagles Global Hospitals is part of Parkway Pantai, a fully owned subsidiary of IHH Healthcare. In India, Gleneagles Global Hospitals operates a chain of multi-super specialty hospitals offering tertiary and quaternary healthcare services with over 2,000 beds and state-of the-art, world-class hospitals in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai. A pioneer in kidney, liver, heart and lung transplants, Gleneagles Global Hospitals provides comprehensive multi-organ transplant services in the country.
Gleneagles Global Hospitals aims to strengthen and expand its leading market position as a destination for multi-organ transplant for patients from India, Middle East, Africa and South East Asia. We are committed to further our aspiration of making quality health care more accessible to all.
Website: http://gleneaglesglobalhospitals.com/
