About SOTTO
State Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization (SOTTO) started in SCB Medical College & Hospital,Cuttack in August 2019 under the leadership of Prof.(Dr.)Datteswar Hota and Late Prof.(Dr.) Chittaranjan Kar. SOTTO, a statutory body under the Ministry Health & Family Welfare, Government of India was set up to implement the NOTP programme involving deceased donor activity.
SOTTO is functioning in the Department of Nephrology, SCB Medical College & Hospital,Cuttack .To look after the functioning DMET Odisha recruited Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak (Joint Director),Mr.Suman Singh(Consultant IEC/Media) and Mr.Ramakrushna Panda(Program Assistant).
In February 2020, SOTTO rewrote health history for Odisha when the first deceased donor transplantation for kidney was done at SCB Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack .Following the success of the first transplantation two more was done in the month of March 2020.
After this breakthrough, the CM of Odisha Honourable Shri Naveen Pattnaik constituted the “Suraj Award” to honour the kin of the deceased donor and in the August of 2020 all the three deceased donor were felicitated on the occasion of Organ Donation Day.
Key Personnel
Appropriate Authority
(Dr.) C.B.K.Mohanty, DMET, Odisha
Institution Head
(Dr.) Datteswar Hota, Dean & Principal, SCB MCH
State Nodal Officer
(Dr.) Umakanta Satapathy, Joint DMET
Activities
Committee Members
Appropriate Authority for Cadaveric Transplantation
| Chairman | Director, Medical Education |
| Co-Chairman | Director, Health Services |
| Member | Director, Capital Hospital |
| Member Convenor | Joint DMET |
| Member | CEO / Nodal Officer |
| Member | NGO Nominated by Govt. |
| Member | Multi Organ Transplant Expert |
Kidney Allocation Committee
| Chairman | Additional DMET, Odisha |
| Co-Chairman | Dean & Principal, SCB MCH, Cuttack |
| Member | Superintendent, SCB MCH, Cuttack |
| Member | Institutional Nodal Officer |
| Member Convenor | Joint Director, SOTTO |
SOTTO Staff
Prof.(Dr.) U.K. Satapathy
MD, Additional DMET
State Nodal Officer SOTTO Odisha
Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak
M.S (Surgery), FMAS
Joint Director (Technical I/C)
Suman Kumar Singh
Consultant (IEC/Media)
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Subrat Kumar Sahoo
Consultant & Transplant Coordinator
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Ramakrushna Panda
Program Assistant
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FAQ
No.
Brain death is not the same as a coma. It is irreversible and confirmed only after exhaustive tests conducted twice with a six-hour interval.
No.
Doctors always attempt to save a patient’s life first. Organ donation is discussed only after the patient is medically declared dead.
No.
After a person is declared brain dead and agrees for organ donation, the hospital bears all costs to artificially support the donor.
True.
All major faiths including Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, and Christianity support organ donation as an act of humanity.
True.
Organs are removed surgically, usually with one incision that does not disfigure the body.
False.
Doctors evaluate the medical condition at the time of death to determine which organs are fit for donation. Many illnesses once considered barriers are no longer so.
False.
For those above 18 years, the decision made by the individual before death is legally to be followed.
