On 28^th July 2022, MOHAN Foundation in association with Transplants – Help the Poor Foundation was invited to conduct an awareness program on organ donation for staff members of Modern Technical Institute, Shahpura, Aurangabad. Close to 58 members participated in the session.

Ms. Prarthana addressed the gathering by discussing about MOHAN Foundation and its activities. She began her presentation by asking the participants about their personal thoughts and feeling about organ donation.

Thereafter, she touched upon the below topics about organ donation:

1. Concept of body donation and its procedure.
2. Types of death.
   1. Brain death
   2. Cardiac death
3. Types of donors
4. Procedure of eye donation and skin donation.
5. How to pledge our organs.

 

The session was highly interactive and the participants expressed their views and opinion and raised certain questions, which were as follows:

• Within what duration of time the whole body of a person should be donated?
• What is the process of organ donation?

 

The session inspired and motivated 49 participants to pledge their organs. The participants and organizers appreciated Ms. Prarthana for her noble work on organ donation.

 

We thank Dr. Sheikh Imtiyaz Ahmed- Director of Modern Technical Institute for inviting us and supporting the cause of Organ Donation.