MOHAN Foundation conducts awareness talk on Organ Donation at Greenfield Global International School, Navi Mumbai

Updated on Tuesday, September 11, 2018
  • On 20th August 2018, MOHAN Foundation Mumbai was invited by Times of India for conducting an awareness talk on organ donation at Greenfield Global International School, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai for its 11th and 12thgrade students as part of the TOI-KokilabenDhirubhaiAmbani Hospital Organ Donation Drive.

     

    The TOI representative introduced MOHAN Foundation as an NGO working for deceased organ donation since the past 20 years.

     

    Ms. Jigisha Yadav thereafter took the dais and explained that MOHAN Foundation is an acronym for “Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network”. She shared its missions and objectives and then asked the students what came to their minds when they thought of organ donation. Their responses were positive.

     

    Ms. Jigisha Yadav went on to share that many Indians are dying due to end stage organ failure and they could have been alive, if only they got the life-saving organ in time. The concept of organ donation, types of death, the organs and tissues that can be donated after cardiac death and after brain death, the concept of brain death(brain death video was shown), difference between brain death and coma were all discussed. Various myths and facts related to organ donation were discussed.

     

    Mrs. Jigisha Yadav explained why “Organ Donation is a race against time” and why “Green Corridors” are created, since the organs need to be retrieved and transplanted within a short span of time, else it would be wasted.A 2 minute video on organ donation was also shown in the end.

     

    Around 120 students attended the session. A few queries were raised and they were satisfactorily answered by Mrs. Jigisha Yadav.

     

    We thank Mr. Shardul & Mr. Rahul of Times of India,for inviting us and we also wish to convey our gratitude to the Principal of Greenfield Global School for supporting the cause of Organ Donation.



    Source-Ms. Jigisha Yadav
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