Awareness Talk at Life Style, Express Avenue, Chennai

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  Ms.Kavitha, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, explaining the concept of Organ Donation

  

  Participants the talk

  On 10^th August, 2013, the HRD, Life Style at Express Avenue Mall invited MOHAN Foundation, Chennai to organize a session on organ donation for their employees.

   

  The session was conducted by Ms. Kavitha. S, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai. A group of 55 employees attended the programme. The following aspects were highlighted in the programme:

   

  • The need for organ donation
  • Who can donate organs and tissues
  • When and what organs and tissues can be donated
  • Brain death and Coma
  •  Importance of donor card
  • Organ Donation Helpline

   

  The participants raised queries about organ sharing and allocation, contraindications in donating organs and tissues, whom to be contacted in case of emergency. At the end of the session, 53 employees showed their support for the cause by taking a pledge to become an organ donor. 

  
  
  Source-Ms. S. Kavitha