MOHAN Foundation invited to 'Bust the Myth, Uncover the Truth!' - Facebook Live organ donation awareness programme by Sanofi India, in association with Indian Express

Updated on Friday, August 27, 2021
  • The promo for the event read as follows - 

    'For everything you wanted to know about Organ donation and transplants.

    Tune in as Ms. Jaya Jairam (organ recipient and Project Manager at MOHAN Foundation) busts numerous myths about organ donation. She will also address social stigmas and taboos and talk about health concerns and discuss life after transplant'. 

     

    Ms. Anuradha Varma, a journalist with Indian Express interviewed Ms. Jaya Jairam and the event was aired on Facebook live on 27th August, 2021.

     

    The questions asked by Ms. Varma included -

    • What organs can be donated by a Living and a Deceased Donor?
    • For kidney failure patients, why is a transplant better choice than being on dialysis?
    • What is the difference between living organ donation and deceased donation?
    • What is the process and challenges involved in getting a suitable donor - Living and deceased? 
    • What does Brain death mean?
    • Who can be a Living donor? Will they qualify as donor inspite having lifestyle related diseases?
    • Is there an age factor?
    • What is the option to Living organ donation?
    • Relatives considering a donation may fear adverse effects. What is your message to them?
    • For those who feel slicing and dicing of the human body after death is not religious, what is your advice for them?

    Ms. Jaya Jairam thereafter shared her own personal story of how an act of kidney donation by her own mother saved her life 11.5 years back. She shared the emotional trauma that she and her family underwent when she was coping with kidney failure and also while considering donating a kidney to save her life. She also shared how meeting other families who had been through similar circumstances helped a lot. Thereafter she shared about how her kidney transplant gave her an excellent quality of life.

     

    This interview can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/IndiaSanofi/videos/432709188081674

    It has garnered about 320 live zoom attendees, 2342 live Facebook attendees and 23000 views as on the date of this report.

     

    MOHAN Foundation thanks Sanofi India and Indian Express for their support to raise awareness about organ donation.



    Source-Mrs. Jaya Jairam
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