Organ Donation Awareness at Macha Leima School

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  Ms. Roma Devi explaining the organ donation concepts

  

  Ms. Roma Devi with the participants of the session

  On 4th April 2019, MOHAN Foundation conducted an awareness session for the students of Macha Leima School in Wangkhei, Imphal. Around 20 students were present at the session which lasted about 45 minutes.

   

  Ms. Roma Devi, Transplant Co-ordinator from MOHAN Foundation delivered the talk. The following topics were discussed during the session:

   

  • The necessity and importance of organ donation
  • Types of donors
  • The difference between brain death and cardiac or circulatory death
  • Tissues and organs that could be donated in case of brain death and cardiac death
  • The importance of carrying donor cards

   

  The programme ended with a Q&A session with participants asking questions about the donor registration process and the organ donation process. MOHAN Foundation is thankful to Macha Leima School for the opportunity. 

  
  
  Source-Sorokhaibam Roma Devi