On 9^th February 2022, MOHAN Foundation was invited by Ms. Reetu Nangia, NSS Program Officer, to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their NSS students.  Around 15 students attended 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.

 

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

 

In this talk, she explained the following points: -

• 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 entire group got motivated and convinced to support organ donation. At the end, Ms. Reetu Nangia, Programme Officer gave the vote of thanks. She said that the session was very fruitful and helped the participants to understand the concept of organ donation.