On 23^rd December 2021, MOHAN Foundation was invited by Mrs. Komal Kumari NSS Program Officer to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their NSS Students. Around 85 students from class 12^th attended the session.

 

At the beginning of the session, NSS volunteers welcomed all the participants. They invited Ms. Neha Sharma Katoch to begin the session. She began asking students which organs can be donated while living? Most of the students were aware about kidney transplant.

 

Participants were then given an introduction and presentation on organ donation and brain death.

 

The talk addressed the following: -

• 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

 

The students attended the session were inquisitive and asked a lot of questions about the concepts related to organ donation. These were some of the queries:

• What are the criteria to donate corneas?
• How many maximum organs can one donate after brain death?
• Can we sign up online for pledging organs?
• How can I volunteer?
• What happens if the family refuses for donation of a pledged donor?

 

At the end, Mrs. Komal Kumari gave the vote of thanks on behalf of NSS Unit of Ishwar Singh Dev Samaj Senior Secondary Schoool and thanked Ms. Neha for the greatly informative session. On behalf of the audience, She thanked MOHAN Foundation and Ms. Neha for sharing with student’s information on a topic of great importance and relevance.