Awareness Talk on Organ Donation at Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-28, Chandigarh

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  Mrs. Anju Bansal, NSS Program Officer addressing the participants

  

  Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch explaining about organ donation

  

  The participants during the session

  

  The participants during the session

  

  The session in progress

  

  Group photo

  On 14^th December 2022, MOHAN Foundation was invited by Mrs. Renu Mohan, NSS Program Officer to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their NSS vounteers.  Around 65 NSS volunteers attended the session.

   

  Mrs. Anju Bansal, 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 entire group got motivated and convinced to support organ donation. 20 NSS volunteers took the donor cards. The awareness talk ended with a vote of thanks by Mrs. Anju Bansal. She encouraged the students to aware the society about organ donation and also how transplant can change lives are extremely powerful. She ended up saying donate organs is a generous and a worthwhile decision that can save lives.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch