Women from fishing community participate in an Organ Donation session at Kasimedu

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  Praticipants at the talk

  On 10^th August 2016, REAL Trust, Chennai conducted an awareness programme at Nagooran Thottam, Kasimedu on Organ Donation. Mr. Lawrence Executive Director invited Govt. Stanley Hospital Chennai to sensitize the public on Organ Donation. Mr. Prakash K. Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, deputed at Govt. Stanley Hospital facilitated and explained about the process and concepts of Organ Donation. The participants from all women from the fishing community participated very actively. 

   

  The following topics were discussed in his talk:

  • Types of Organ Donation - Live and Deceased Donation
  • Difference between Brain death and Coma
  • Importance of the consent from the family
  • Eye Donation
  • Importance of Donor card 
  • Tissues and organs  that can be donated

  Totally 50 women participated and information brochures were distributed to them.

  
  
  Source-Prakash K.