First Skin Bank of Bhopal was inaugurated on Friday on the first floor of Kamala Nehru Hospital, both living and dead persons can donate skin in this skin bank built at a cost of Rs15 lakh.

This skin bank is the second in the state and the first in Bhopal, earlier this facility was available in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical Hospital, Jabalpur.

During this, Superintendent of Hamidia Hospital Suneet Tandon, Dean of GMC Dr. Kavita Kumar, Professor HOD Dr. Arun Bhatnagar, Designated Professor Dr. Anand Gautam, Assistant Professor Dr. Hari Shankar Singh were present.

Actually, skin is needed for the treatment of people burnt in accidents. Due to the absence of a skin bank till now, there was no arrangement for skin donation in Hamidia Hospital.

About 9 months ago, a proposal was prepared for this by the Burn and Plastic Department. Its proposal was sent to the Commissioner Medical Education and a budget was sought. On receiving the budget, action was started to start a skin bank by arranging the necessary equipment and infrastructure for the skin bank.

However, the process of opening this bank was going on for a year. Last time also the matter reached the ethical committee, but permission was not given due to incomplete arrangements.

In live donation, the donor is discharged within 24 hours. Designated Professor Dr. Anand Gautam said that patients with burns of more than 30 percent or 50 to 60 percent, their own skin gets completely used up, so a skin bank is needed, that is why this skin bank has been opened, the way organ donation happens, blood can be donated or kidney can be donated. In the same way, skin can also be donated. This skin can be used in such patients. If someone is a patient of a private hospital, then according to the protocol, he can take skin from here. Its storage capacity can be kept in a normal fridge for 21 days, we have a deep freezer, here it can be kept for 6 months to one year. In this, the live donor is discharged after 24 hours. The donor's skin also heals in 15 days.

HOD Doctor Arun Bhatnagar said that skin bank is a part of our department, it is needed for burn patients. Any person can donate skin in it, which can be stored. We can use it for any patient. Its biggest advantage is that it helps in saving the lives of patients of major burns. Because there is a risk of infection due to skin. This reduces the risk of infection.

In this, there is live donation and the second is cadaver donation. If the patient's attendants want, then that person can donate the skin, they can donate. If anyone wants to do this, there is not much blood loss in this. Secondly, in cadaver donation, it is taken from the body of the dead person. This skin is taken from hands and feet.