Awareness Talk on Organ Donation at Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector - 33 D, Chandigarh

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  Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch speaking about organ donation

  

  Participants during the session

  

  The session in progress

  

  The participants during the session

  

  Group photo

  On 12^th February 2022, MOHAN Foundation was invited by Mrs. Anju, NSS Program Officer, to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their senior students.  Around 100 students attended the session.

   

  Participants were given an introduction and 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

   

  After the presentation students discussed the whole process of organ retrieval and transplantation. Around 30 cards were taken by the students and teachers as well.  At the end, NSS volunteers gave the vote of thanks on behalf of NSS, Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-33 D and thanked Ms. Neha for the greatly informative session.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch