Awareness Session on Organ Donation conducted at Classic Conventions, Telangana

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  Dr. Bhanu Prakash speaking on organ donation

  

  Audience at the venue

  On 15^th October 2023, Agarwal Samaj celebrated Jayanthi Mahotsav at Classic Conventions, Shamshabad, Hyderabad. As a part of the celebrations, close to 1000 members from Agarwal Samaj gathered at the venue. Ms. Neha Agarwal, Organiser of the Agarwal Meet invited MOHAN Foundation to conduct a talk on Organ Donation. Dr. Bhanu Prakash was the key speaker who elucidated the following concepts of organ donation in detail:

  • Organ donation and its need in the society
  • When and how does organ donation take place
  • Organs that can be donated during life and after death
  • Transplant waiting list in India
  • Role of MOHAN Foundation
  • Eye donation
  • Brain death
  • Causes of brain death
  • Difference between brain death and coma
  • Role of MOHAN Foundation
  • Contraindications to organ donation

  The Chief Guest of the Program were Tamilisai Soundararajan, Governor of Telangana State, Shri Somesh Kumar, IAS, Chief Advisor of the Chief Minister of Telangana State. Brochures and donor cards were distributed at the end of the session

   

   

  
  
  Source-Ms. Srividya Subramanian