Organ Donation Awareness at Super Specialty Hospital, Nagpur

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  Visitors reading the brochures to know organ donation FAQs

  

  Information brochures distributed to visitors at Super Specialty Hospital

  

  Visitors reading the brochures to know organ donation FAQs

  On 7^th August 2020, Super Specialty Hospital in Nagpur, invited MOHAN Foundation to speak about organ donation to the outpatients. Dr. Milind Phulpatil, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) set a stall where MOHAN Foundation displayed information brochures, donor cards, standees and a banner.   Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinators manned the stall.

  Mr. Behera gave information given to outpatients on the following:

  • Types of deaths
  • Organs that can be donated after brain death, after natural death and while living
  • How to register and where is the waitlist of organ failure patients available
  • Who can donate organs and the value of a donor card
  • MOHAN Foundation’s activities
  • Helpline number & MOHAN Foundation website

  Around 39 patients visited the stall. After understanding about organ donation, 10 patients picked up consent forms and 3 patients signed consent form and took donor card. The others promised to sign consent forms after discussing with their families

   

  Questions asked by visitors:

  1) How much would a liver transplant cost and where to get it done?

  2) Is there any commercial dealing in blood donation?

  3) Is blood group match mandatory for eye transplants?

  
  
  Source-Bulu Behera