An Interactive session on Organ Donation at Holy Cross Church, T. Nagar

An interactive session on Deceased Organ Donation was conducted at Holy Cross Church, T.Nagar, Chennai on 06^th April 2014. On the occasion of “Lent”, MOHAN Foundation got an invitation from Ms. Josepine, a member of the parish to deliver a speech on the importance of organ donation. The message for the day “Sacrifice Oneself for Others like Jesus, Donate Organs Save Lives”. The session was facilitated by Mr. Prakash K. Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai.

The programme started with an introduction by the parish priest Rev.Fr.Roy and Mr. Prakash K. spoke about concept of Organ Donation and he covered following topics:

Concept of Organ Donation
Who can donate
Types of Donations – live and deceased donation
Difference between Coma, Cardiac death and Brain death
Organs & Tissues that can be donated
Importance of Donor Card
Transplant Coordinators Training

At the end of the programme Mr. Britto, Youth member thanked the participants. More than 120 members participated in the programme and 75 of them expressed their support to pledge for organ donation and picked donor cards.