By Mayukh Goswami
Mangaldai : Internationally acclaimed organ transplant surgeon and Padmashri award recipient Dr Sarbeswar Sahariah has cautioned the younger generation of making habit of taking alcohol .may be at risk developing deadly disease of alcoholic liver disorder which will lead to loss of their lives . “ Alcoholic liver disease presently has become very alarming in the world . According to WHO, it has turned out to be the tenth most common cause of death in 
India .” , Dr Sahariah said He was delivering his speech on the topic “Living with organ failure” as a popular talk organized by the Institutional Level Bio-Tech (ILBT) Hub of Mangaldai college with support from voluntary organizations namely North East Care Foundation , Guwahati and Crystal Vision , Mangaldai at the science gallery , Mangaldai college on Thursday .
Discussing on the major causes of organ failure Dr Sahariah further observed that in India due to the coming down of the average age of taking alcohol to sixteen years , it is mostly affecting people mostly in the age group of 30 to 40 years of age , Giving an alarm on the scenario of near future he further said “This disease is likely to affect every five Indians in days to come .” Dr Sahariah the eminent surgeon and scholar in the field of organ transplantation who has got nearly 3500 successful organ transplantation under his belt in his nearly forty five minutes presentation supported by power point dwelt at length various issues related causes of organ failure , measures of preventing organ failure , advanced modern techniques of medical science for organ failure cases, the statistics showing the world scenario of organ donation , legal provisions dealing with organ donation , the difference between a cardiac death and a brain death and the importance of mass public awareness of brain death (cadaver) organ donation among others.
Urging upon the students and the teachers community present to become the role model in motivating the society , Dr Sahariah said , “ Give gift to light . A single cadaver donor can save eight dying persons at a time.” The seminar which ended with the vote of thanks from assistant professor Dr Seemajyoti was anchored by Dr Pratibha Deka , Associate Professor and Coordinator of ILBT-Hub . Earlier Dr Khagendra Kr Nath , Principal of the college presented the welcome address while he also offered felicitation to speaker Dr Sahariah , the true son of Mangaldai with traditional ‘gamosa’ and ‘Xarai.’ The seminar was attended by nearly two hundred students besides faculty members , local NGO workers and media persons among others.
