The Regional Transport Officer of Giripeth, Nagpur, Mr. Bajaranga Kharmate, invited MOHAN Foundation to conduct an awareness session on organ donation. The programme was conducted in the training hall on 25^th May 2019 and the public who had come to apply for vehicle registration and driving license were the audience.

Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation delivered a talk on Organ Donation. In his talk he explained the following points:

• What is organ donation and its importance in saving lives
• Who can donate and when it is possible to become a donor
• Law on organ donation and transplantation
• Difference between brain death, natural death and coma
• Myths related to organ donation
• Stories of donors from Nagpur
• Transplant hospitals and tissue banks in Nagpur
• Importance of donor card, MOHAN Foundation helpline number and website

The audience asked the following questions:

• How many people have signed the consent form for organ donation at MOHAN Foundation so far?
• How will MOHAN Foundation get to know about my death?
• What are all the organs that can be donated after natural death?

Around 22 people were present in the training room and 2 of them signed consent forms and picked up their donor cards. MOHAN Foundation thanks the RTO for the opportunity.