Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Kerala government, will head a project management committee as well as a project advisory committee of the proposed Institute of Organ and Tissue Transplant in Kozhikode, whose members include medical experts from across the globe.
The government issued an order for the purpose on September 1 based on a report submitted by Biju Pottakkat, special officer for the project. Dr. Biju is Professor, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry.
The other members of the project management committee are B. Ekbal, member, Kerala State Planning Board; Satheesan Balasubramanian, director, Malabar Cancer Centre, Thalassery; Secretary, Department of Finance; Director of Health Services; Director of Medical Education; Principal, Government Medical College, Kozhikode; Executive Director, Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation; finance officer and administrative officer of the Institute of Organ and Tissue Transplant; a nominee of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board; Chief Engineer, Buildings, Public Works Department; and the District Medical Officer, Kozhikode or his/her nominee. Dr. Biju is the member secretary.
