On 22^nd May 2022, MOHAN Foundation conducted an awareness session on Organ Donation at Vasavi Foundation Clubhouse. The Chief Guest of the session was Sri Arekapudi Gandhi MLA-Seilingampally Constituency. Dr. Bhanu Prakash  was the key resource.

Dr. Prakash  began the session by introducing MOHAN Foundation, its mission, vision. he addressed the audience by asking a few questions on organ donation and elucidated the need and importance of organ donation and engaged the audience with a presentation

The following were discussed thoroughly:

• The concept of Organ donation and Transplantion,
• The types of death i.e., cardiac death and brain death,
• Brain death and the procedure of deceased organ donation and live organ donation.
• The procedure of skin and bone donation  
• Common myths and facts related to organ donation and how it impacts on organ donation.
• The procedure of Skin Donation   
• Role of MOHAN Foundation in Organ donation

 

The audience included party activists and social workers and were  highly motivated towards the cause and extended their support for the same and pledged to donate their organs. Chief Guest Sri Arekapudi Gandhi also pledged to donate her organs and flashed her donor card to the participants.

Close to 60 people attended the session. Donor cards and brochures were introduced at the end of the session.