On 13th September 2021, MOHAN Foundation in association with Transplants – Help The Poor Foundation conducted an awareness session on Organ Donation and Covid vaccine drive for Senior citizens of Aashiyana Apartment situated at Noga Factory, Nagpur. This session was conducted under the coordination of Mr. Imran Ansari who was the President of Aashiyana Apartment.
Ms. Prarthana Dwivedi introduced MOHAN Foundation and spoke about its philanthropy. She asked about the organ donation to the gathering so as all were non-medicos they were totally blank and had no idea about the organ donation but knew about eye donation only.
Ms. Prarthana explained the concepts of Organ Donation, why and when is organ transplant operation required. She also explained various organs that can be donated, types of donors, types of death, viability of organs after retrieval. She then explained the difference between Brain death and Cardiac Death. She also elaborated the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, and discussed about the myths and misconceptions related to organ donation. She also briefed about Skin donation, Eye donation, Organ donation and Body donation.
Gathering asked the following questions:
Ms. Prarthana answered all the queries promptly. About 15 members took Pledge and few were filed online. The session was attended by 25 participants. We thank Mr. Imran Ansari for inviting us and supporting the cause of Organ Donation.
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