Awareness Talk on Organ Donation at Govt. Senior Secondary School, Sector -10 Chandigarh

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  The participants during the session

  

  Ms. Neha Sharma explaining about organ donation

  

  Participants during the session

  On 7^th February 2023, MOHAN Foundation was invited by NSS Program Officer, to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their NSS volunteers at Govt. Senior Secondary School, Sector -10 Chandigarh. Around 80 NSS volunteers attended the session.

   

  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 session was very interactive where students enthusiastically asked many questions. All the questions were answered after the presentation. The entire group got motivated and convinced to support organ donation. They would love to share their wish with their families and also respect for the body after death.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Neha Sharma