COMMEMORATIVE STAMP ON LIVER TRANSPLANT RELEASED
The Department of Posts,
Ministry of Communications & IT has brought out a Commemorative Postage
Stamp on Liver Transplantation in India.The Commemorative Postage stamp on
Liver Transplantation in India was released today by the Minister for
Communications &IT and Law &Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad in the
presence of Member Postal Service Board, Shri S.K.Sinha and Chairman, Apollo
Hospitals Group Dr. Prathap.C.Reddy who pioneered liver transplantation in
India.Sanjay Kandaswamy, the patient who undergone first successful liver
transplantation in India in 1998 was also present on the occasion and minister
was delighted to see him hale and hearty.
Speaking on the occasion, the
minister spoke about release of a commemorative postage stamp as mission statement
of recognition of extraordinary initiatives by extraordinary people endowed
with extraordinary talent. He observed that organ transplant including liver
transplant is a super speciality area of operation though a lot needs to be
done to make organ transplant low cost and affordable and exhorted medical
community to explore the possibility of public private partnership in this
respect.
The minister talked about
developing digital infrastructure and associating it seamlessly with health
care to make available latest health facilities inclusive and accessible to the
common man. He also spoke at length about the people oriented initiatives of
the government and cited examples from my gov. and Jana dhana Yojana which have
galvanised people’s cooperation and involvement in the schemes dedicated to
their development and progress.
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