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MOHAN Foundation "Support Group for Patients,
Physicians and Public"
MOHAN Foundation is an NGO based in Chennai. It is a voluntary, non-profit
organisation . The word MOHAN is an acronym for "Multi Organ Harvesting
Aid Network".
MOHAN Foundation was founded on January 12, 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 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, Dr.Georgi Abraham, Mrs.Malathi Venkatesan,
Dr.George Kurian, Mr.Santosh Shroff and Dr.Ashok Kirpalani.
MOHAN Foundation is committed to working for the Public, Patients
and Physicians and spreading the message of organ donation.
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