Awareness Talk on Organ Donation at Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Raipur Khurd, Chandigarh

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  The participants during the session

  

  Mrs. Soniya Sharma, NSS Program Officer addressing the participants

  

  The session in progress

  

  Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch speaking about organ donation

  

  Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch is being felicitated

  

  Group photo

  On 16^th February 2022, MOHAN Foundation was invited by Mrs. Soniya Sharma, NSS Program Officer, to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their NSS volunteers.  Around 50 students attended the session.

   

  At the beginning of the session, Mrs. Soniya Sharma, NSS Program Officer, welcomed all the participants. She invited Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch to begin the session. She began asking few questions to students that which organs can be donated while living. Most of the students were aware about kidney transplant and liver transplant.

   

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

   

  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 death and coma
  • Contraindications to organ donation
  • Transplant Law
  • Role of MOHAN Foundation
  • Organ donation myths and facts
  • Eye donation

   

  The entire group got motivated and convinced to support organ donation. Around 6 students took the donor card. They would love to share their wish with their families and also respect for the body after death. 

  
  
  Source-Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch