On 7^th August 2020, Super Specialty Hospital in Nagpur, invited MOHAN Foundation to speak about organ donation to the outpatients. Dr. Milind Phulpatil, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) set a stall where MOHAN Foundation displayed information brochures, donor cards, standees and a banner.   Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinators manned the stall.

Mr. Behera gave information given to outpatients on the following:

• Types of deaths
• Organs that can be donated after brain death, after natural death and while living
• How to register and where is the waitlist of organ failure patients available
• Who can donate organs and the value of a donor card
• MOHAN Foundation’s activities
• Helpline number & MOHAN Foundation website

Around 39 patients visited the stall. After understanding about organ donation, 10 patients picked up consent forms and 3 patients signed consent form and took donor card. The others promised to sign consent forms after discussing with their families

 

Questions asked by visitors:

1) How much would a liver transplant cost and where to get it done?

2) Is there any commercial dealing in blood donation?

3) Is blood group match mandatory for eye transplants?