Talk on organ donation for members of Giant Group, Nagpur by MOHAN Foundation

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  Participants at the talk

  Giant group, Nagpur invited MOHAN Foundation on 21st  September 2014 to give awareness talk on organ donation for their group members. Dr. Ravi Wankhede Director of MOHAN Foundation addressed the gathering. 

   

  The talk was organized by Rajesh B. Kakade, secretary of Giant  group. Dr. Wankhede explained the following points:

   

  • Importance and need of organ donation.
  • Types of donations – live and deceased donation.
  • Difference between Natural Death, Coma and Brain Death.
  • Organs and tissues that can be donated in cardiac death and brain death.
  • Eye donation.
  • Preservation time of organs.
  • Importance of Donor card, helpline number and website.
  • MOHAN Foundation activities.

   

   The participants raised queries about Organ Donation -  

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    • Whom to contact in case of brain death?
    • How much time will be taken for body handover after organ donation? 

   

  Nearly 60 participants attended the session. At the end of the session Mr.Bulu Behera distributed  information brochures and 4 employees signed the pledge form and picked up the donor cards and rest of them said they will register after discussing with their family members. 

   

  
  
  Source-Bulu Behera