Organ Donation Awareness at BSNL Customer Service Center, Nagpur

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  Mr Bulu Behera explaining the importance of the donor card

  

  BSNL employees at the session

  On 24^th October 2019, the in-charge of the BSNL VRCE Customer Service Center Mr. Bhaskar Patil invited MOHAN Foundation to educate the employees about deceased organ donation. The event took place at the BSNL Customer Service Center in Subash Nagar of Nagpur. Mr. Patil briefly spoke about organ donation and he introduced Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinator from MOHAN Foundation to the audience.

  Mr. Bulu Behera gave information related to the following topics to the audience:

  • What is organ donation?
  • Whom to contact for organ donation?
  • What is THO Act 1994?
  • What is natural death and brain death?
  • What is the eye donation process?
  • What is the body donation process?
  • Cause of brain death
  • Role of ZTCC in organ donation
  • MOHAN Foundation’s activities
  • Using the Foundation’s website and helpline number

  Question asked by participants included:

  • Where is MOHAN Foundation’s office in Nagpur?
  • What is the time duration for organ donation?
  • What is natural death?

  22 employees were present and 2 of them signed consent form and took donor cards. At the end of the session Mr. Patil thanked MOHAN Foundation as well as the participants.

  
  
  Source-Bulu Behera