Awareness Session on Organ Donation conducted at Sentiss Pharma Pvt. Limited, Himachal Pradesh

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  Mrs. Praveen Mahajan addressing the participants

  

  The session in progress

  

  Participants supporting the cause

  

  Mr. Ashok Kumar, Junior Executive Engineer, Sentiss Pharma addressing the participants

  On 11^th November 2022, Mrs. Praveen Mahajan, Ambassador, MOHAN Foundation and resource person of HP Red Cross organised awareness talk on Organ Donation for the employees of Sentiss Pharma Pvt. Limited, Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh.  Around 29 participants attended the session.

   

  In this talk, she explained the following points: -

  • Organ donation and its need
  • When and how does organ donation take place
  • Organs that can be donated during life and after death
  • The transplant waiting list in India
  • Brain death
  • Difference between brain and coma
  • Contradictions to organ donation
  • Transplant law
  • Role of MOHAN Foundation
  • Organ donation myths and facts

   

  At the end, Mr. Ashok Kumar, Junior Executive Engineer shared his experience with the audience that they had donated their Father's Eyes at PGIMER Chandigarh in 2020. Mrs. Praveen Mahajan gave the vote of thanks, All of them took the donor cards. They would love to share their wish with their families. All the questions were answered after the presentation.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch