Renal Transplant Centre at PGI Chandigarh gets anonymous donation worth Rs 10 crore
PGI Chandigarh
Chandigarh: An anonymous person is reported to have made a donation of Rs 10 crore to the Renal Transplant Centre of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) for kidney failure patients who were unable to afford it.
According to a hospital official, the donor was connected with PGIMER and had donated his savings to the centre while choosing to remain anonymous. It has been reported that one of the patients who had undergone renal transplantation out of the 24 transplants done in August was a relative of the donor.
The institute has not shared any official information about it, but sources stated that the donor had sent a cheque in the name of the Renal Transplant Centre. The hospital is yet to decide how to utilise the funds.
The ETV Bharat reports that the donor was reported to be a doctor who had worked as the HOD of a department at PGI, and whose niece had allegedly undergone the transplant at the centre. Nearly 450 patients would be benefitted from the amount donated by the doctor.
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