Organ Donation Awareness Talk at Rajiv Gandhi Nursing College, Bangalore

MOHAN Foundation - Bangalore had organized an organ donation awareness talk at Rajiv Gandhi Nursing College, Bangalore on 9th January 2013. Mr. Bino James - Project Manager of MOHAN Foundation Bangalore addressed the students and explained to them the various concepts related to deceased organ donation and the role of nurses as transplant coordinators. More than 30 students and faculty members attended the programme.

 

The main topics discussed during the programme were:

 

  • Types of Organ Donation - Live and Deceased Donation
  • Brain Death- how it’s different from natural death and coma
  • Organs that can be donated after brain death and natural death
  • Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994 and Rules related to declaration of brain death
  • Introduction to the diagnosis and maintenance of a brain dead organ donor
  • Statistics on the deceased organ donation programme in India and the need for accelerated efforts to strengthen the programme
  • Role of Transplant Coordinators in Hospitals
  • Activities of MOHAN Foundation across the country to strengthen the Deceased Organ Donation programme
  • Information on various help lines in the state for Eye, Body and Organ Donation.
    

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