Organ Donation Awareness at Super Specialty Hospital, Nagpur

Updated on Sunday, September 20, 2020
  • On 16th September 2020, MOHAN Foundation set up a stall decked with standees and a banner to display information brochures and donor cards at the Super Specialty Hospital in Tukudoji Square, Nagpur. The stall was put up to give information about organ donation and transplantation to the outpatient and relatives visiting the hospital. Dr. Milind Phulpatil, Special Duty In-charge of Hospital initiated this effort.

    Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinator managed the stall. Information related to the following topics was given to patients and relatives:

    • Types of death
    • Organs that could be donated after brain death, natural death and while living
    • How and where organ failure patients register in waitlist
    • Who can donate organs and value of donor card
    • MOHAN Foundation’s activities
    • Using Helpline number and the MOHAN Foundation website
    • Process of kidney transplant
    • Process of eye donation

    Around 62 people visited stall and after understanding about organ donation, 22 visitors took consent forms and 10 of them signed consent form and took the donor cards. The following were a few questions asked by the visitors:

    • Who should be contacted for organ donation?
    • What would be the life span of a patient after kidney transplant?
    • How much would a liver transplant surgery cost?

    MOHAN Foundation is thankful to Dr. Phulpatil and the Super Specialty Hospital for the continued support.



    Source-Bulu Behera
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