GMC gets license for corneal transplant

Principal GMC, Jammu Dr. Sunanda Raina displaying license of corneal transplant at Jammu.

STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The Government Medical College, Jammu has got provisional registration from the licensing Authority of Directorate of Health Services, Jammu under the J&K Transplantation of Human Organ Act, 1997.
With this the upgraded Department of Ophthalmology shall start corneal transplantation very soon.
A large of patients with corneal blindness are waiting for transplantation and in absence of this facility in GMC, Jammu they had to go outside the state for the same.
This is a follow up action of the initiative of the Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat who chaired a meeting in Super Specialty Hospital regarding starting Organ Transplantation in GMC, Jammu. He has directed all concerned HoDs to make available all the help required for organ transplantation and has advices them that transplantation programme is his top priority and it is his dream to start organ transplantation including corner + Kidney Transplantation in GMC, Jammu.
As per his directions, Principal GMC, Jammu Dr. Sunanda Raina has formed a Committee of concerned HoD’s which shall meet on weekly basis to remove the bottlenecks for starting Kidney transplant in GMC, Jammu at the earliest.