Awareness Session at the Electronic City Police Station, Bengaluru

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  Officers of the Electronic City Police Station with donor cards

  

  Mrs. Ranjini Shankar at the Electronic City Police Station

  Mrs. Ranjini Shankar MS, Project Manager of MOHAN Foundation coordinated with Mr. Anilkumar HD, Inspector of the Electronic City police station in Bengaluru to organize an awareness session on organ donation for the staff of the station on 5^th August 2021.

  Mrs. Ranjini began the session by introducing MOHAN Foundation, its mission and vision. She, along with Mr. Marulappa (Transplant Coordinator), proceeded to explain the following:

  • the concept of organ and tissue donation
  • the types of death i.e., cardiac death and brain death
  • brain death declaration, apnea test and other clinical tests
  • procedure of deceased organ donation and live organ donation
  • procedures of eye. skin and bone donation
  • barriers to organ donation
  • myths and facts related to organ donation
  • the role of Jeevasarthakathe
  • transplant law
  • importance of a donor card

  A recent case of donation from Dharwad where organ donation was facilitated by MOHAN Foundation team, using a green corridor was explained to the audience to highlight the role of the police. The story of Ms. Shreya Siddanagowder, a bilateral hand transplant recipient was also shared with the audience.

  Towards the end of the session few queries were answered:

  • Age criteria for being a donor
  • Are VIPs given priority and do not have to wait for organs?
  • Can people affected by communicable diseases be organ donors?
  • Can COVID patients be donors?
  • Do commercial dealings between the family members and the hospital exist?
  • Do patients have to pay for the organs?
  • Difference between coma and brain death
  • Process of living donation within families

  All 40 members who attended the session signed up and collected donor cards and supported the organ donation cause.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Ranjini Shankar