On 7th November 2019. an awareness session was organised in Silvassa by Dr Vinod Kumar and Mrs Anita for the students of Shiv Prakash Memorial School. MOHAN Foundation and Dr. Satya Sharma (NHSBT & Advisory Member, MOHAN Foundation) was invited for giving awareness about the Organ Donation.
Mrs Anita Kumar introduced about the speakers after the School Prayer meeting of 10 am. Dr Satya Sharma held an awareness session and spoke about the importance of Organ Donation. He gave few examples which helped student understand the concept of Organ Donation. Dr Jimmy introduced MOHAN Foundation, its mission, vision & philanthropy. She explained the types of death viz. Cardiac and Brain Death and the organs and tissues that can be donated. She also described that tissue donation (skin & eyes) can happen even at home. She also explained about the financial cost involved in different transplant operations and government schemes related to funding the poor patients. She promptly gave answers to all the queries asked by the students.
About 200 students including teachers,Vice Principal & other School Staff attended the session. About 8 pledges were taken by school staff and few pledges were taken online. We thank Satya Sharma who had come from UK and collaborated us promoting the cause of Organ Donation. We thankPrincipal Dr Promila Upadhyay and Vice Principal Smt. Archna Vyas for giving us the opportunity to do awareness in school. We thank Dr Vinod Kumar (Senior Resident Vinoba Bhave Civil Hospital Silvassa) and Mrs AnitaKumar(Assistant Incharge Official language Dept.Secretariat Dadra&Nagar HaveliSilvassa)for inviting us and supporting the cause of Organ Donation.
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