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About us
MOHAN Foundation "Support
Group for Patients, Physicians and Public"
MOHAN Foundation is an NGO based in Chennai. It also has
branches in Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad.It is a
voluntary, non-profit organisation . The word MOHAN is an
acronym for "Multi
Organ
Harvesting
Aid
Network".
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MOHAN
Foundation was founded on 12th January, 1997 to popularise
the cause of organ donation. In this direction, the
Foundation launched "Donor Card" along with a
brochure entitled "A Priceless Gift" (explaining
about organ donation). These are being distributed free of
cost to the people in the city of Chennai and by
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post to
people in other parts of the country. The Foundation has
so far distributed over 100,000 cards and the Priceless
Gift brochure.
The Foundation also prints and distributes patient
information literature on preventive aspects of diseases
like Kidney, Heart, Liver, Lungs and Pancreas failure.
Besides this it prints medical information literature on
some of the common medical conditions, both in English and
regional languages.
The
Foundation has recently started a support group for
patients and their relatives who have undergone kidney
transplantation and the ones who have kidney failure. Any
individual who wishes to help kidney failure or transplant
patients can also join the support group.
Realising the urgent need to have a common platform for
the "National Cadaver Organ Donation Programme"
MOHAN Foundation has launched the " Indian Transplant
Newsletter" in association with TANKER Foundation.
The Newsletter will explore all avenues to find ways of
improving our efforts in making "THE
TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN ORGANS ACT"
a success in our country.
MOHAN was started by a group of well-meaning doctors and members of the public. At present Dr. Sunil Shroff is the managing trustee of the foundation. The other trustees of the foundation include-
Dr.T.K.Parthasarthy, Mrs.Malathi Venkatesan, Dr.Georgi
Abraham, Dr.George Kurian, Dr.Ravindranath, Dr.Kakala Subba Rao and Mrs. Laitha Raghuram.
MOHAN Foundation is committed to
working for the Public, Patients and Physicians and
spreading the message of organ donation.
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