Organ Donation talk at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

To commemorate Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalams’ birthday, Center for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) invited MOHAN Foundation to address their employees. The event was organized on 15^th October 2015 at Conference Hall in their office premises. The event was coordinated by Ms. Jayasree and Mr. Jayan. This programme was referred by Kerala Network for Organ Sharing (KNOS). The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC(T)), formerly (ER & DCI), Thiruvananthapuram, is a Scientific Society of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India.

Ms. Kavitha, Marketing Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation represented on behalf of MOHAN Foundation and Kerala Network for Organ Sharing (KNOS). The programme started with a silent prayer, following that Ms. Kavitha delivered a talk. The following things were discussed:

Types of Organ Donation - Live and Deceased Donation

Difference between Brain death and Coma
Importance of the consent from the family
Importance of Donor card
Tissues and organs that can be donated
Importance of family consent

At the end of the programme many queries were raised, all the queries were answered. More than 70 people picked donor card and supported the cause.