Sensitization program on Organ Donation for administration staff of Frontline Hospital, Trichy

Updated on Wednesday, February 28, 2018
  • On 22nd February 2018 MOHAN Foundation Chennai in association with Frontline Hospital Trichy, conducted a Sensitization program on Organ Donation for the administration staff. The aim of the program was to strengthen the team work among staff during the organ retrieval and transplant. Mr. Ruban Victor, Marketing Manager and Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation conducted the program.

    The program started with the welcome speech from Mr. Subbaraman, Chief Executive Officer Frontline Hospital. He explained the importance of conducting sensitization program on organ donation and applauded the services of MOHAN Foundation in promoting organ donation in India. Frontline hospital is a 200 bedded multispecialty based in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. It is part of the deceased organ donation program of Tamil Nadu and actively performs renal transplants from cadaveric donors and live donors.

    The first session of the program was on Concepts of Organ Donation, various concepts like Brain Death, what happens when a brain death happens in the hospital, what are confirmatory test done for brain death, serology testing, and role of transplant coordinators were discussed with the staff.  How to ensure the donor family is taken care well and also provision which hospital are following during organ donation was explained. A general quiz on organ donation was conducted and gifts were given to the staff who answered.

    The second session was on protocol to be followed in hospital during organ retrieval, Mrs. Geetha - Transplant coordinator from Frontline hospital along with Mr. Ruban Victor explained the in-house protocols followed during organ retrieval, consent forms from the donor family, police clearance and forensic procedure were explained to the staff.  The program ended with the group photo with the participants. Around 30 administration staff of various department participated in the program. 



    Source-Ruban Victor
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