India, March 15 -- The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) honoured 16 brave-heart donor families for consenting to organ donation during moments of personal loss.

The families were felicitated during the inaugural session of Samarthan 2026, a CME-cum-workshop on organ donation and transplantation organised by Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (ROTTO) North at PGIMER. The event witnessed participation from more than 200 delegates, including members of the medical fraternity and civil society from across the region.

Through their selfless decisions, the donor families contributed to saving 52 patients suffering from end-stage organ failure and restoring sight to 28 corneal blind patients thr...