Awareness Talk on Organ Donation at Govt. Model Senior Seconary School, Manimajra Town, Chandigarh

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  Ms. Neha Sharma explaining about donor card

  

  The participants during the session

  

  The participants during the session

  

  The participants during the session

  

  During QA session

  

  Group photo

  On 15^th December 2022, MOHAN Foundation was invited by Dr. Shashi Kumar & Mr. Satinder Singh, NSS Program Officer to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their NSS Volunteers.  Around 90 NSS volunteers attended the session.

   

  Dr. Shashi Kumar, NSS Program Officer addressed the gathering and gave a brief introduction on organ donation to the participants.

   

  Participants were given an introduction and presentation on organ donation and brain death by Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch.

   

  The following topics were explained in detail:

  • 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 death and coma
  • Contraindications to organ donation
  • Transplant Law
  • Role of MOHAN Foundation
  • Organ donation Myths and Fact
  • Eye Donation

   

  The participants were very interactive and attentive during the presentation and asked many queries. The entire group got motivated and convinced to support organ donation. The awareness talk ended with a vote of thanks by Dr. Shashi Kumar. He encouraged the students to aware the society about organ donation and also how transplant can change lives are extremely powerful. He ended up saying donate organs is a generous and a worthwhile decision that can save lives.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch