Times of India and MOHAN Foundation join hands for a school campaign to Celebrate Organ Donation Week

• On August 04, 2015, an awareness session on organ donation was held at Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Ambattur in partnership with Times of India. The session was conducted by MOHAN Foundation (Chennai) as a part of the Times India campaign to celebrate organ donation

  Mr. Selvakumar, Principal Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary School introduced MOHAN Foundation and about the campaign organised by the Times of India on organ donation. He expressed thanks and support to Times of India for organizing the campaign and choosing their school to spread the message about Organ donation. He also appreciated MOHAN Foundation for their excellent work in sensitizing the different stake holders on importance of organ donation.

  Ms. Gieetha, Transplant Coordinator covered following topics: 

  • 1. Need for organ donation
    2. Concept of organ donation
    3. Natural Death and Brain Death
    4. Brain death and coma
    5. Transplantation of Human Organ Act 1994
    6. Donor Stories
    7. Myths on organ donation.

   

  The participation level of the students was very high and they came up with very impressive responses to the questions asked. Vote of thanks was given by Mr. Selva Kumar. More than 150 students from 11^th to 12^th standard and 7 teachers participated in the programme. 

  
  
  Source-Gieetha K.