Organ Donation awareness session conducted for the members of JCI Group Nagpur

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  Group photo

  On 10^th September 2022, MOHAN Foundation in association with Transplants – Help The Poor Foundation conducted an organ donation session for members of JCI Nagpur. Mr. Chetan Raut – coordinator of Nagpur JCI organized this program at Rahate Square, Nagpur.

  Ms. Prarthana was the key resource. She introduced herself and MOHAN Foundation, its mission and vision. She addressed the audience by asking a few questions on organ donation, elucidated the need and importance of organ donation, and engaged the audience with the presentation.

  The following topics were discussed briefly with the audience,

  1. Concept of organ & tissue donation
  2. Types of death- brain death and cardiac death
  3. Organs and tissues donated after brain death and circulatory death
  4. Why organ donation is important in India?
  5. How one can save lives of 8 people?
  6. Functioning of ZTCC
  7. How one can register in waiting list after organ failure?

   

  Certain questions asked by the audience were as follows:

  • Why post mortem is required after organ donation?

   

   Ms. Prarthana Dwivedi answered all the queries promptly. Around 47 members of JCI Group attended the session and about 23 members pledged their organs online to become organ donors.

  MOHAN Foundation would like to thank Mr. Chetan Raut and all members of JCI Group of Nagpur for inviting us and supporting the cause of Organ Donation.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Rashmi Shetty