Organ Donation Awareness talk for beauticians

• On 4^th March 2016 MOHAN Foundation organized an organ donation awareness talk in Prema‘s Beauty Palour as part of the International Women’s Day Campaign.  The aim of the talk is to spread awareness among the women on the importance of organ donation and transplantation. Dr. Hemal Kanvinde and Ms.Sunitha Transplant Coordinator conducted the talk.

  Dr. Hemal Kanvinde started the session with the introduction about MOHAN Foundation and highlighted the purpose of doing the programme with the women’s group. Ms. Sunitha explained the concept of organ donation during her talk she highlighted the following points,

  • What is organ donation?
  • Types of donation
  • Natural Death and Brain Death
  • Myths on organ donation
  • Donor Card

  Totally 9 beauticians participated in the talk and expressed their support for the concept. Dr.Hemal Kanvinde thanked Ms. Pramila the owner of the parlour for giving the opportunity to interact with her employees.

  Few queries were raised during the interaction were-

  • Whom should we contact for eye donation after natural death?
  • How long does it take for harvesting the cornea?

  
  
  Source-Sunitha A.T.