During mid-October 2022, Nagpur was host to 32nd Annual Conference of The Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, 2nd Mid-term Meeting of Liver Transplantation Society of India and 15th Annual International Conference of NATCO. In addition, ZTCC, Nagpur celebrated it’s “Dashakotsav’ to commemorate completion of its 10 years. This was the best time to bring the subject of ‘Organ Donation’ centre stage and encourage the youth of Nagpur to join the humanitarian movement of donating organs and giving a ‘Gift of Life’.
Accordingly, an Organ Donation Awareness session was conducted by Mr Devang Chhaya, Life Member, MOHAN Foundation at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur on 15th October, 2022 under the aegis of Ummeed, the community outreach club of IIM Nagpur. Members of Ummeed work towards creating an impact in society by spreading awareness about various social causes, sensitizing the minds of today’s youth, and developing a sense of social responsibility. The program was attended by about 60 students of the Institute who are on the cusp of being future leaders and entrepreneurs of industry, academia and society.
Titled ‘Gift Of Life’, the Organ Donation Awareness Session was delivered through a lecture-cum-presentation aimed to spread awareness regarding Human Organs & Tissues Donation and introduce the participants to the various concepts and legal aspects involved. Certain key issues highlighted during the session were:
(a) Difference between body donation and organ donation
(b) Need for pledging and donating organs
(c) Types of Donation: Living & Deceased
(d) Various Organs & Tissues that can be donated by living and dead donors
(e) Brain Stem Death: concept, main causes and certification process
(f) Time window available for transplantation of organs from deceased donor; Green corridor
(g) Functioning of Organ allocation network: ZTCC, SOTTO, ROTTO, NOTTO.
Two videos titled ‘Live Beyond Life’ by Shweta Gupta and ‘What is Brain Stem Death’ presented by MOHAN Foundation in partnership with ORGAN India were also shown to reinforce the presentation.
Latest development in the area of Organ Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) was also explained to the gathering. The participants were informed of the role of MOHAN Foundation as the leading NGO spearheading the Organ Donation and Transplantation movement in India as well as the various training and professional courses being conducted by it. Participants were impressed upon to consider pledging their organs and give a gift of life. They were also informed of the online process of pledging their organs and tissues and obtaining their donor card from www.mohanfoundation.org portal.
The question-answer session that followed the presentation helped in clarifying doubts and dispelling myths and superstitions surrounding organ donation.
Mr. Devang thanked IIM, Nagpur management, faculty and Ummeed club for hosting the event on such a humanitarian issue and contributing to spreading awareness regarding the ultimate altruistic gesture of Organ Donation amongst its students.
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