An engineering firm conducts an Organ Donation awareness session for its employees

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  Dr. Hemal giving a talk on organ donation

  

  Staff listening to the talk

  

  Mr. Ramdhas Vignesh asking a question on organ donation

  

  Two staff who pledged their organs along with Ms. Ann from MOHAN Foundation

  Worley Parsons conducted a pan India Organ Donation Awareness drive in their offices. In Chennai the session was held on 23^rd August 2016 and conducted by Dr. Hemal Kanvinde and Ms. Ann Alex of MOHAN Foundation.

  Ms. Ann distributed green ribbons and information brochures to the 15 employees. Dr. Hemal conducted the session.  It began with a motivational video followed by a talk that covered the following topics:

  Types of Organ Donation - Live and Deceased Donation
  Tissues and organs  that can be donated Difference between Brain death and Coma
  Importance of the consent from the family
  Eye Donation
  Importance of Donor card 

  Need of donation
  Statistics of donation – national and international

  Post the talk the discussion was on organ allocation and costs of surgery.

  Mr. Ramdhas Vignesh thanked MOHAN Foundation for their effort.  2 staff members pledged for organ donation.

   

  
  
  Source-Hemal Kanvinde