Organ Donation talk at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

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  Ms. Kavitha addressing the gathering

  

  Employees at the talk

  To commemorate Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalams’ birthday, Center for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) invited MOHAN Foundation to address their employees. The event was organized on 15^th October 2015 at Conference Hall in their office premises.  The event was coordinated by Ms. Jayasree and Mr. Jayan. This programme was referred by Kerala Network for Organ Sharing (KNOS). The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC(T)), formerly (ER & DCI), Thiruvananthapuram, is a Scientific Society of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India.

   

  Ms. Kavitha, Marketing Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation represented on behalf of MOHAN Foundation and Kerala Network for Organ Sharing (KNOS). The programme started with a silent prayer, following that Ms. Kavitha delivered a talk. The following things were discussed:

   

   Types of Organ Donation - Live and Deceased Donation

  • Difference between Brain death and Coma
  • Importance of the consent from the family
  • Importance of Donor card 
  • Tissues and organs  that can be donated
  • Importance of family consent

   

  At the end of the programme many queries were raised, all the queries were answered. More than 70 people picked donor card and supported the cause.

  
  
  Source-Kavitha S.