Staff Nurses of NIMHANS learn about Organ Donation

• The MOHAN Foundation team of Bangalore conducted a sensitization programme in NIMHANS Hospital on 3^rd December 2019 for a batch of staff nurses.

  MOHAN Foundation was represented by Mr. Marulappa L N, Transplant Coordinator and Mrs. Ranjini Shankar M S, Project Manager.

  The following topics were discussed in detail:

  • Introduction about MOHAN Foundation
  • Brain Stem Death
  • Circulatory Death
  • Jeevasarthakathe and its role
  • Organ allocation system in Karnataka
  • Role of Grief Counselors in Govts Hospitals
  • The burden of organ failure and need for organ donation
  • Importance of a donor card

  During the interaction, the audience raised questions related to the following subjects:

  • Consent Forms
  • Declaration of Brain Death
  • Brain Stem Death Certification Process

  Around 47 nurses attended the session, agreed to promote the cause and also exhibited interest to know more about the process.

  
  
  Source-Ranjini Shankar