Half-Day Workshop on Organ Donation at K.R College of Nursing

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  Participants at the talk

  

  Participants at the talk

  In an effort to promote deceased organ donation in India, MOHAN Foundation is conducting countrywide public awareness programmes and workshops on this very important subject.

   

  A half-day workshop on Deceased Organ Donation was organized at K.R College of Nursing on 26^th Sepetember2012 by MOHAN Foundation in Bangalore. Mr. Bino James, Project Manager of MOHAN Foundation, Bangalore addressed the students and explained to them the various concepts related to deceased organ donation. Around 80 students and faculty members from the college attended the programme. The interactive session helped the budding nursing professionals to better understand the concepts on Deceased Organ Donation and develop a right attitude towards this noble cause. 

   

  The main topics discussed during the programme were:

  
  

  • Types of Organ Donation - Live and Deceased Donation
  • Brain Death –and organ donation after brain death
  • Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994 and Rules
  • Introduction to the diagnosis and maintenance of a brain dead organ donor
  • Statistics on the deceased organ donation programme
  • Role of Transplant Coordinators in Hospitals
  • Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programmes organized by MOHAN Foundation
  • Information on various helplines in the state for Eye, Body and Organ Donation

  
  
  Source-Mr. Bino James