India, Aug. 9 -- The West India Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (ROTTO) and the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) on August 5 awarded Pune's B J Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) for significant contribution in the field of organ donation and transplantation. The awards were presented by state health minister Prakash Abitkar.

After the felicitation, the health minister had a discussion with the dean of SGH about organ transplant surgeries at the hospital. SGH started its organ donation awareness campaign in 2016 and received official registration for kidney and liver transplants soon after.

So far, the hospital has successfully completed 34 kidney and four liver transplants....