Awareness Talk on Organ Donation at Peepynite Company, Sector 7, Chandigarh

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  Group photo

  

  A participant showing her support for organ donation

  

  Participants supporting organ donation

  On 5^th March 2022, MOHAN Foundation was invited  by Peppynite Company, Sector 7, Chandigarh to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their employees. Around 15 employees attended the session.

   

  Dr. Priyanka Tiku started the session by explaining the full form of MOHAN. She informed the audience that MOHAN is not someone’s name but an acronym. She explained the basic concepts of organ donation and transplantation with the help of a simple PowerPoint presentation. 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 facts
  • Eye donation

   

  The entire group got motivated and convinced to support organ donation. She encouraged the participants to educate society about organ donation and also how transplant can change lives. All of them picked up the Donor Cards. They would like to share their wish with their families.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch