MOHAN foundation sets a public education stall in OPD of hospital

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  Mr. Bulu Behera explaining about organ donation

  

  Mr. Bulu Behera explaining about organ donation

  On 24^th January 2017, Super Specialty Hospital, Nagpur, invited MOHAN Foundation to speak about organ donation to the outpatients. Dr. Shrigiriwar   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 outpatients:

   Types of deaths

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

  How and where is waitlist of organ failure patient?

  Who can donate organs and value of a donor card?

  MOHAN Foundation activities

  Helpline number & MOHAN Foundation website

   37 patients visited the stall. After understanding about organ donation, 19 patients took consent form & 3 patients signed consent form and took donor card, other will sign consent form after discussing with their family.

   

  Questions asked by visitors.

  1) Where to go for a kidney transplant and what is the cost?

  2) If we donate blood why it is commercial dealings?

  3) For cornea transplant is blood group matching necessary?

   

  
  
  Source-Kanchan Shewde