MOHAN Foundation Conducts Awareness Talk on Organ Donation for NCC Cadets & Officers at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab

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  Participants during the inauguration

  

  Mr. Sudhir Dewan addressing the participants

  

  The participants during the session

  

  The session in progress

  

  Ms. Neha Sharma speaking about organ donation

  

  The participants during the session

  

  Ms. Neha Sharma is being felicitated

  On 14^th July 2022, MOHAN Foundation was invited by the Commandant, Wg. Cdr. Deepak Sharma to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their NCC Cadets & Officers at Lovely Proffesional University, Jalandhar. Around 500 Cadets from various colleges of Punjab & schools and officers participated in the program.

   

  Mr. Sudhir Dewan addressed the audience telling them about how important is organ donation and it provides the opportunity to improve the quality of life and saving lives of others. It is the greatest gift one can ever give.

   

  Participants were given an introduction and presentation on organ donation and brain death by Ms. Neha Sharma.

   

  In this talk, she explained the following points: -

  • Organ donation types and who can be a donor
  • The status of organ donation in India and their requirements vs donation rates
  • She explained 5 myths on organ donation with their corresponding reality check
  • Difference between circulatory death and brain death
  • Age is not a constraint in donating their organs.
  • Real life story of an organ transplant patient was shared with the participants
  • Importance of the donor card
  • How to pledge or sign up for organ donation on MOHAN Foundation's website
  • MOHAN Foundation’s mission & vision

   

  The entire audience got motivated and was an interactive session with the Cadets. In the end they showed great interest and would like to do more programs with MOHAN Foundation. The awareness talk ended with a vote of thanks by senior Cadet.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Neha Sharma