On 6^th August, 2013 Ramakrishna Mission Arts and Science College, Indian Medical association (IMA)  and Lions Club, Coimbatore invited MOHAN Foundation, Chennai to conduct an awareness session on organ donation.

 

The session started with a welcome speech by Dr. V. S. T. Saikumar, Principal, Ramakrishna Mission Arts and Science College. Dr. Ravi Kumar, IMA gave an introduction to organ donation. It was followed by the presentation given by Mr. Ananth R, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai.

 

The main topics discussed during the programme were:

•   Types of Organ Donation - Live and Deceased Donation
•   Brain Death- how it’s different from natural death and coma
•   Organs that can be donated after brain death and natural death
•   Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994 and Rules related to declaration of brain death
•   Introduction to the diagnosis and maintenance of a brain dead organ donor
•   Statistics on the deceased organ donation programme in India and the need for accelerated efforts to        strengthen the programme
• Activities of MOHAN Foundation across the country to strengthen the Deceased Organ Donation programme

 

More than 292 students and faculty members from the college attended the programme. Every member of the audience picked up a donor card