On August 13, 2021, on the occassion of organ donation day, MOHAN Foundation was invited to conduct an online awareness session on organ donation for the staff, students of Eco Club & NSS volunteer of Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-37 B, Chandigarh. Around 30 students attended the awareness session from school by online and some students attended online from their places.

 

The session was coordinated by Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch. At the beginning of the session, Ms. Seema Chaudhary, NSS Programme Officer, Govt. Model Senior Secondary School welcomed all the participants and introduced Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch. She then invited her to begin the session.

 

Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch began the session by explaining the full form of MOHAN. She informed the audience that MOHAN is not someone’s name but an acronym. She explained the basic concepts of organ donation and transplantation with the help of a simple PowerPoint presentation. The following topics were explained in detail:

• Organ donation and its need
• When and how does organ donation take place?
• Organs that can be donated during life and after death
• The transplant waiting list in India
• Brain death
• Difference between brain death and coma
• Contraindications to organ donation
• Transplant Law
• Role of MOHAN Foundation
• Organ donation Myths and Facts
• Eye Donation

 

Ms. Neha Sharma also spoke about the importance of eye donation and explained the whole process of eye donation. She informed the participants that eye donation is the simplest form of donation that can be done even at home. She also explained the role of MOHAN Foundation in promoting organ donation in India.

 

At the end, Ms. Seema Chaudhary gave vote of thanks. She said the session was very fruitful and helped the participants to understand the concept of organ donation.

 

Close to 58 participants attended the session.