On 26th February, 2022, organ donation awareness talk was conducted by Mr. Jagdish Borude at Gadage Baba Vasahat, Koregaon Park ,Pune.

The session was organised with the help of Ms Tehsin, social worker from Don Bosco Youth Center, Koregaon Park, Pune. The main aim of this session is to create awareness on organ donation to the general public.

Mr. Jagdish introduced MOHAN foundation and it's activities. Thereafter, he discussed the below topics briefly.

1. Concept of organ donation and tissue donation
2. Concept of Brain death
3. Types of death- Brain death and cardiac death
4. Organs and tissues donated after brain death and circulatory death
5. Why organ donation is important in India?
6. Difference between brain death and coma
7. THOA act 1994 and it's importance in organ donation.

 

Questions asked by the audience were as follows:

1. Why organs cannot be donate after circulatory death?

 

The concept of organ donation was new to the participants. It was an interactive session. They expressed their views and opinions and thanked Mr. Jagdish for conducting a meaningful session. 33 participants attended the session.