Organ Donation Awareness Talk at TN State Crime Records Bureau, Chennai

• On 8^th May 2015 MOHAN Foundation Chennai conducted Awareness talk for the staff of  Tamil Nadu State Crime Record Bureau, Santhome, Chennai on the concepts of organ donation and brain death. Dr. Hemal Kanvinde and Ms. Sunitha participated in the programme. Totally 106 members  participated in the programme.  This was done by the direction  given by ADGP, Tamil Nadu State Crime Record Bureau.

  As a warm up, short video clips on organ donation were shown to the audience. Dr. Hemal Kanvinde, MOHAN Foundation addressed the gathering. The session started with a slide on organ donation to make them understand “Why Organ Donation” is important. The topics that she spoke on:

  • MOHAN Foundation Activities 
  • Importance and need of organ donation
  • Types of donations – live and deceased donation
  • Difference between Natural Death, Coma and Brain Death
  • THO Act 
  • Organs and tissues  that can be donated in cardiac death and brain death
  • Importance of Donor card, helpline number and website
  • Myths of organ donation

   

  Followed by it Ms. Sunitha Transplant Coordinator shared her experience in coordinating deceased organ donation. She highlighted case studies to explain the role of investigation officer during the process of organ donation.  There was a lot of discussion about the cases. During the session senior officers mentioned that they won’t start the inquest unless they get the death intimation from the hospital. 

  Discussion point: 

  • How to register for a organ and transparency of patient waitlist
  • Live Donation
  • Inquest order

  Totally 106 officers participated in the programme and  all expressed their support for organ donation.

   

  
  
  Source-A. T. Sunitha