On 19th September 2018, MOHAN Foundation Mumbai was invited by Life line Hospital, Panvel for conducting an awareness talk on organ donation.
Dr. Rajesh Shah introduced MOHAN Foundation as an NGO working for deceased organ donation since the past 20 years.
Ms. Jigisha Yadav thereafter took the dais and explained that MOHAN foundation is an acronym for “Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network”. She shared its mission and objectives and then started explaining about what organ donation is, when, who, why and how it can be done. She also explained the law and entitiesin Maharashtra.
She briefly focused on the need of organs, India’s organ donation rate, Brain Steam Death, how to diagnose and certify and who can certify, types of donation religious barrier and myths related to organ donation.
About 60 members attended the program and were distributed information brochures. Questions such as what is coma and how it is different from brain death were asked. Ms. Jigisha Yadav answered all their queries.
We are grateful to Dr. Rajesh Shah & Dr. K Singh, Lifeline Hospital, Panvel and member for supporting the cause of Organ Donation.
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