Organ donation awareness talk at St Francis De Sales College, Seminary Hills for their students

• On 29th August 2023, an awareness session on organ donation was conducted at St. Francis De Sales College, Seminary Hills Nagpur. The objective of this session was to create awareness on organ donation among students. In this session, Dr Mahesh Soni, Dr Swapnil Prasad, Dr Neel Mehta, Dr Pradnya Jadhav, Mr Shyam, Mr Sachin and Ms Bhagyashree attended from GMCH Nagpur. Dr Neel Mehta and Dr Pradnya Jadhav presented the PPT on organ donation. After the session many students asked their queries and the team explained it to them. Around 70 students and teachers attended the session.
  Following points were explained in the session.
  

  • Difference between brain dead and cardiac death
  • What organs can be donated after brain dead and cardiac death
  • Process for corneal donation
  • Process for organ donation.
  • How to pledge for organ donation.
  • Transplant duration of each organ.   

  Queries raised by students-

  • Do you need to match the blood group for organ transplant
  • Can we donate organs after death
  • How to take pledge for organ donation.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Bhagyashree