On 2^nd January 2023, MOHAN Foundation was invited by Mrs. Meenu Sood, NSS Program Officer to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their NSS volunteers.  Around 55 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.

 

The following topics were explained in detail:

• 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 Fact
• Eye Donation

 

At the end, Dr. Seema Biji, Principal gave the vote of thanks on behalf of NSS Moti Ram Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-27 and thanked Ms. Neha for the greatly informative session.