An Interactive Session on Organ Donation for Lawyers at Tondiarpet

• 

  N1 Police Inspector, Tondiarpet Handing over the Donor Card to the Lawyer Assocoations

  

  Participants at the Talk

  On 11^th October 2014, Legal Rights Organization, Tondiarpet, Chennai initiated a sensitization programme for their Lawyers Associations. Dr. B. S. S. Jegan, President invited Cadaver Transplant Programme to have interactive session & Stall on Organ Donation. Mr. Prakash K Transplant Coordinators was deputed from MOHAN Foundation to speak on the programme.

   

  The Transplant Coordinator spoke about the Concepts of Organ Donation. The following topics were covered during the talk:

  • Activities of MOHAN Foundation across the country to strengthen the Deceased Organ Donation programme
  • Types of Organ Donation - Live and Deceased Donation
  • Difference between Brain death and Coma
  • Importance of the consent from the family
  • Importance of Donor card 
  • Tissues and organs  that can be donated
  • Deceased donation in Tamil Nadu and helpline

   

  Soon after the talk the transplant coordinator displayed an information stall in front of the gate. Totally 180 lawyers picked donor card and supported the noble cause. At the end of the programme the Dr. Rathina Singh gave a vote of thanks.  

  
  
  Source-Prakash K.