Ms. Pallavi Kumar represented the MOHAN Foundation at the 3rd COREP (Conference of Renal Healthcare Professionals) held at the Telemedicine Auditorium of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow on September 11 & 12, 2016. The theme of the conference was “Quality Dialysis and Renal Transplantation” MOHAN Foundation was one of the partners for the workshop.

The conference is planned each year exclusively for paramedic professionals (technicians, nurses and dieticians) for quality care of patients with end stage renal disease and transplantation. It is an opportunity for technicians and nurses to discuss practical problems in patient’s clinical care.

The conference had workshops on hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis including training nurses in peritoneal dialysis and solid organ transplantation. The scientific content was directly related to patient care. Each workshop will focus on issues of utmost importance in day to day practice.

A half day workshop was organized on Deceased Organ Donation within the conference, with sessions on Brain Death. Ms Pallavi Kumar made a presentation on “Transplantation of Human Organs Act” and “Counseling families for Organ Donation.”