On 8^th February 2023, MOHAN Foundation was invited by Mr. Hemant Kumar, NSS Program Officer to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation for their NSS volunteers at Shishu Niketan Public School, Sector - 43 Chandigarh. Around 75 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

 

The Session was very interactive where students enthusiastically asked many questions. All the questions were answered after the presentation. The awareness talk ended with vote of thanks by Mr. Hemant Kumar, NSS Program Officer. He encouraged the students to aware the society about Organ Donation and how transplant can change lives are extremely powerful. He ended up saying donate organs is a generous and a worthwhile decision that can saves lives.