Visit of the 3rd Xiangya Hospital delegation to Spanish Institutions
We are delighted to inform that on 6-8 February 2017, a delegation of experts of 3rd Xiangya Hospital (Changsha, China) leaded by the Prof. Dr. Ming Yingzi have visited Spain in order to participate in a “knowledge exchange program in organ donation” promoted by DTI Foundation.
They visited the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (Barcelona) and the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (Madrid) with the aim to promote the best practice exchange through cross-cultural sharing. As well, the Changsha delegation attended meetings with specialists in deceased donation (DBD + DCD), brain death diagnosis and renal, liver, and pancreas transplantogy.
Moreover, the delegation visited the Spanish National Organization (ONT), the Catalan Transplant Organization (OCATT) and our headquarters in order to get a complete overview of the Spanish Model of Organ Donation and Transplantation.
2nd International course in Transplant Procurement Management, Hangzhou- China
The Donation and Transplantation Institute (DTI) together with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation, the Zhejiang Medical Association and the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, all together organized in Hangzhou the 2nd International Course in Transplant Procurement Management (TPM) on December 2016 in Hangzhou. The aim of this event is the collaboration project between DTI Foundation and several Chinese Institutions to develop the voluntary deceased donation in the country.
The course brought together experts from Spain, Australia, Hong Kong, Iran and USA. Among others was Dr. Frank Delmonico, Academician of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Advisor to the World Health Organization. A total of 96 Chinese doctors where trained about leading practice in organ donation and during the 3 days of the course they were instructed with knowledge and skills to be implemented in their hospitals. DTI wants to thanks to the local organisations for their support in the development of the course.
Visiting Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa (January 15th – 20th)
Three DTI experts from Barcelona and Girona; Dr. Marti Manyalich, Dr. Nuria Masnou and Dr. Entela Kondi have visited Ethiopia for a few days. This visit was part of the actions planned for the project "Design the methodology for building a sustainable and efficient deceased donation program" in Saint Paul’s Hospital, Addis Ababa, started on August 2016.
Together with the Spanish team in Addis was also a team from Michigan leaded by Dr. Alan Leichtman who is collaborating with the Ethiopians surgeons and nephrologists for the Kidney Living Transplantation Program.
Several meetings and visits were done during these days. The experts visited the National Transplant Center, Saint Paul Hospital, and AaBET hospital. The Intensive Care Units and the Emergency areas of both hospitals were in the focus of the experts` visits. Were evaluated the hospital infrastructure and were identified the needs for the establishment of the program. Two educational sessions were held during these days; one with the physicians of AaBET hospital and the other one with the nephrologists and surgeons of the Saint Paul´s hospital. Both sessions were highly interactive and the participants engaged in discussion with the experts.
Other meetings were made with the Saint Paul Hospital’s medical deputy provost, Dr. Berhane, the provost Dr. Zerhune and their team. During the meetings were discussed the current state of the project, shared good practices and expertise, and were established the next steps.
Needs to be highlighted the meetings held in the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. The DTI experts met the minister of Health Professor Yifru Berhan Mitke and as well the Director General of the Medical Service at the Ministry Dr. Daniel G/Michael.
We are happy to have the possibility to collaborate with the Ethiopian colleagues and we look forward to a successful continuity of this project!
EUDONORGAN project has been launched!
The project ¨Training and social awareness for increasing organ donation in the European Union and neighbouring countries¨ (EUDONORGAN) has already started.
EUDONORGAN is a service contract awarded by the European Commission from the European Union budget, on the initiative of the European Parliament.
This project is developed by an international consortium led by UB-FBG, located in Barcelona Science Park (PCB), together with the DTI Foundation, Spain. The consortium partners are: The Institute for Organ and Tissue Transplantation of the Republic of Slovenija, Slovenija-Transplant; The Institute for Transplantation and Biomedicine - Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia; Italian National Transplant Centre - Italian National Institute of Health, Italy, and Dinamia (Spain), specialized in consultancy and evaluation of healthcare projects.
It is based on two work packages (WPs) – Train the Trainers and Social Awareness. The main aim of the project is to develop and implement two types of activities at EU level, focusing on training and social awareness for increasing organ donation in the European Union and neighbouring countries.
The work package Train the Trainers is coordinated by Donation and Transplantation Institute (DTI), through our International Program Transplant Procurement Management TPM.
25th Anniversary TPM
The 25th anniversary of the Transplant Procurement Management (TPM project) was celebrated on the 14th of November with a glamorous Academic Event in the Aula Magna of the central building of the University of Barcelona.
The opening ceremony was leaded by the acting rector of this University Dr. Jordi Alberch together with Dr. Eduardo Martín, responsible of the Education Programs at the National Transplant Organization (ONT), Dr. Jaume Tort, Director of The Catalan Transplant Organization (OCATT), Dr. Marti Manyalich Director of the TPM project, and Dr. Ricard Valero, Academic Director of the TPM project.
Following the ceremony, a throwback video with the most important moments of the lifetime of TPM was showed. In continuity, Dr. José Maria Domínguez, one of the pioneers of the TPM project and currently intensive care doctor at the Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville and Mrs. Susan Gunderson, Chief Executive Officer of LifeSource , Minnesota, USA, on behalf of the international community congratulated the TPM team. Further congratulation messages form the TPM friends and collaborators who did not attend the folowed ceremony, such: Dr. Danica Avsec from Slovenia, Dr. Ramadan Jashari from Belgium, Dr. Huang Jiefu from China, Dr. Häkan Gabel from Sweden, Dr. Francis Delmonico from USA and Dr. Alessandro Nanni Costa from Italy. In all the messages were highlighted the impact of the TPM trainings in increasing the donation rates in their respective countries.
The most recent successful collaboration agreement was signed during this ceremony. This agreement engages in collaboration the 303 Military Hospital in Nanning, China, the Donation and Transplantation Institute in Barcelona and the “12 of Octubre” Hospital in Madrid. The agreement was signed by the respective representatives, Dr. Ke Qin, Dr. Marti Manyalich and Dr. Amado Andrés. A gratitude video message from Prof. Xuyong Sun, the director of the transplant program at the 303 Military Hospitals followed. The Honorable Consul of China in Barcelona, Mr. Hang Teng and the Vice-consul, Mrs. Wenerya Wen attended the agreement signing ceremony.
Another important moment of the ceremony was the introduction to the “DTI Community”, a future project in where the DTI Foundation wishes to join together all the 13.000 professionals from 100 countries that have been trained up to day and to promote the community for the forthcoming professionals.
And finally, a round table with open discussions on the TPM role and the figure of the Transplant Coordinator was organized. Leaded by Dr. Assumpta Ricart from hospital Vall d´Hebron in Barcelona and with the participation of Dr. Mirela Bušić from Croatia, Mrs. Wenshi Jiang from China and Dr. Francesco Procaccio from Italy, this round table perfectly summarized the professionalism and the passion characterizing the Transplant Procurement Manager.
A social event closed the celebration of the 25th anniversary of TPM.
Happy birthday TPM and many more to come!!!
Visit to Beijing - 2016 China International Organ Donation Conference
Dr. Martí Manyalich attended the 2016 China International Organ Donation Conference last October in Beijing as President of the International Society of Organ Donation and Procurement.
During the conference it was established the Organ Procurement and Allocation Committee of the Chinese Hospital Association.
During this visit he was interviewed on CCTV news regarding the new outcomes of the Organ Donation and Transplantation in China.
From Min25 - see the full interview
He was also an invited speaker at Instituto Cervantes in Beijing where a round table was developed regarding the synergy between both countries in this matter.
See the link here - Chinese and Spanish
Visit to Gurgaon, India
INDIA –Delhi ( 1-3 September 2016)
We have been traveling to India this year and visiting several centres which perform organ transplantation. The Spanish Embassy in Delhi kindly gave us their support and joined us to these visits. The purpose of the hospital visits we performed was to analyze what are the needs in terms of organ donation, what are the situations and how can TPM-DTI support the development of these centres. Those are MEDANTA Medicity, APOLLO Hospitals and FORTIS Healthcare. Afterwards we were invited as speakers to the National Summit on Best Practices in Organ and Tissue Donation organized by the Fortis Memorial Research Institute.
We were also invited to the “Wall of Tribute” to the donors and their families celebration. It was a really interesting event, there were a lot of emotions and we felt very close to the donor families in India as well we do here in Barcelona, Spain, or any other part of the world – feeling is the same. Our gratitude to them. As a symbol of this respect, we lit the candle of the prayers and the freedom, which is a common ceremony in India.
Also in the main entrance of the Apollo Hospital there is the wall of honor where the names of the donors have a respect and a gratitude tribute. That was also a very well attended event together with all the representatives from all India.
15th Congress of the Middle East Society For Organ Transplantation
MESOT Congress in Amman, Jordan
21-24 September 2016
Some experts from Barcelona were invited to the MESOT Congress as experts in Organ Donation. We were lucky to meet our friends and colleagues from the Middle East Area all along the congress!
On September 22nd we ran a very successful workshop with Dr. Angel Ruiz and Dr. Ana Menjívar on DCD procedure including two lectures and two practical simulations.
In the main conference of the congress we presented the Developing Organ Donation for Transplantation lecture. This was very well appreciated as Spain is leading this field and was also recognized that the key persons who help to this development are the professionals related with emergency area, critical care and anesthesia.
1st Intermediate Training Course in Transplant Procurement Management, Dublin
The most recent place that hosted the TPM course was the wonderful city of Dublin, Ireland. From the 12th till 16th of September the DTI-TPM experts had the opportunity to share the experience with the main actors on the donation and transplantation activity in Ireland. Several visits were organized in the hospitals of Dublin and Galway. Meetings within the units of Emergency, Intensive Care and as well meetings with the regional transplant coordinators were held.
Additionally to the visits, was organized the first Intermediate Training course on Transplant Procurement Management. This course was supported by the Organ Donation and Transplantation Ireland (ODTI). More than 35 health care professionals from all over the country participated in this course. Lectures, workshops and in situ simulation engaged the participants during these days. Active discussions and sharing of experience from the common clinical practice were very fruitful for both parts. We believe this training will have a great impact in the donation and transplantation results all over Ireland.
Moreover, our colleagues were very kind to organize several social activities during our stay in Dublin. A very pleasant experience was visiting the commemoration garden “Circle of life” a national organ donor commemorative symbol that reflects the spirit of giving, the enduring legacy which defines the lives of organ donors. This wonderful garden is located in the city of Galway.
We are very thankful to our colleagues in Ireland and we do believe this great collaboration will continue with more activities in the future.
Charity Concert for Organ Donation
The "Por Fin Viernes" band will play for a charity concert at Club Luz de Gas in Barcelona, next November 10th.
Join us and help us make organ donation a global and altruistic reality all over the world.
The tickets are already available at 15€ each. Contact us at info@dtifoundation.com / Phone: +34 93 402 0896 and we will tell you how to book and buy yours!
See you there!
TPM-DTI Foundation
