“The What, How, When and Why of organ donation”: A panel discussion by MBBS students of NKPSIMS & RC Nagpur


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Narayani Kalnawat, Arpit Roy, Rinkledeep Kaur, Simran Tuli, Shezan Fouzdar

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2

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It is said, you live only once. By donating an organ you can live twice. On the 17th of April, 2016, the NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, held a panel discussion on the topic of organ donation and transplantation, with the purpose of increasing awareness and knowledge of the subject. The Chief Guest for the event was Dr. Russell D'Souza, Head, Asia Pacific Division, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics. The author and moderator of the panel discussion was Narayani Kalnawat (NK), MBBS intern. Our panel of experts consisted of students of second year MBBS, who thoroughly studied and researched the topic, ready to answer any questions posed to them. These students and the co-authors of the panel discussion were Ms. Rinkledeep Kaur (RK) from Hissar, Mr. Arpit Roy (AR) from Nagpur, Ms. Simran Tuli (ST) from Aurangabad and Mr. Shezan Fouzdar (SF) from Mumbai.