MOHAN Foundation speaks about organ donation to the Mumbai High court Nagpur Bench, Nagpur

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  Ms. Kanchan Shewde explaining organ donation

  

  Mr.Bulu Behera explaining organ donation

  

  Participants support organ donation

  

  Advocate Anjali Bhandarkar at the stall

  On 17^th January 2017, Mumbai High court Nagpur Bench, Nagpur, invited MOHAN Foundation to speak about organ donation to the advocates and office workers. Advocate Anjali Bhandarkar arranged the stall where MOHAN Foundation displayed information brochures, donor cards, standees and a banner. Mr.Bulu Behera & Ms. Kanchan Shewde Transplant coordinators managed the stall.

   Information given to the Mumbai High court, Nagpur Bench:

   Types of deaths.

  What can be donated after Brain Death, after Natural Death and while living.

  How is the waitlist for organ recipients done and where is it done?

  Who can donate organs and what is the value of a donor card?

  MOHAN Foundation activities.

  Helpline number & MOHAN Foundation website.

   

  25 advocates and office staff visited the stall. After understanding about organ donation, 10 advocates and office staff took consent form, 5 of them signed the consent form and took the donor card, others said that they would sign the consent form after discussing with their family.

   

  Questions asked by visitors.

  1) What is the process of kidney transplant?

  2) Is heart transplant possible in Nagpur, if not then where and at what cost?

  3) Who is the important person that should sign the consent form?

   

  
  
  Source-Kanchan Shewde