Organ Donation Awareness at Swastik Renuka Jyoti Enclave, Nagpur

• Mr. Pawan N Joshi, Joint Secretary of Swastik Renuka Jyoti Enclave, a residential society in Jaitala Nagar, Nagpur invited MOHAN Foundation to conduct an awareness program for the residents during Ganesh Festival celebrations.

  An awareness talk was organized on 19^th September 2021 within the society premises and Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinator of MOHAN Foundation was the speaker. He covered the following topics during his talk addressing the residents of the society:

  • Introduction to MOHAN Foundation
  • Organ donation and tissue donation
  • Difference between coma and brain death
  • Difference between natural death and drain death
  • The organ donation process
  • Organs and tissues that can be donated after natural death and brain death
  • Role of ZTCC
  • Role of NOTTO, ROTTO and SOTTO in organ donation and transplantation
  • Transplant Law
  • MOHAN Foundation’ activities
  • Importance of donor card
  • Using MOHAN Foundation’s helpline number and website

  Around 40 residents were present and 10 of them signed up as organ donors.

  
  
  Source-Mr. Bulu Behera