On 8^th August 2022, MOHAN Foundation, in association with Transplants – Help the Poor Foundation, conducted an awareness session on organ donation for nursing students of IGMC Hospital.

Ms. Prarthana Dwivedi began the session by introducing MOHAN Foundation and its objectives. She addressed the audience by asking a few questions on organ donation and elucidated the need and importance of organ donation in India and engaged the audience with a presentation

The following were discussed thoroughly:

• The concept of Organ donation and Transplantation,
• 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 who attended the session were nursing staff and faculty of the institution. They were highly motivated towards the cause and extended their support by pledging their organs. Around 14 of them pledged their organs and took their donor cards. Close to 34 people attended the session.

 

We thank Dr. Chande Principal of Nursing college, IGMC, Nagpur for supporting the cause of Organ Donation.