Awareness Session on Organ Donation conducted at Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology, Telangana

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  Dr. Bhanu Chandra speaking about Organ donation

  

  Dr. Bhanu Chandra during the session

  

  Students flashing their donor cards

  On 5^th December 2022, MOHAN Foundation conducted an awareness session on organ donation at Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology for the first year Engineering students of the college. Dr. Bhanu Chandra and Ms. Srividya. S were the key resources.

  Dr. Bhanu Chandra started the session by asking a few introductory questions on Organ Donation and then introduced MOHAN Foundation to the participants and kept the audience engaged throughout the session. The following were discussed 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
  • Myths on Organ Donation

  Ms. Srividya.S motivated the students to pledge for organ donation and highlighted the role of social media in promoting organ donation.

   Donor cards and brochures were distributed at the end of the session.

  Close to 200 students were present in the session

  
  
  Source-Ms. Srividya Subramanian