Mr. K.Raghuram, Convenor, MOHAN Foundation, Andhra Pradesh was honored in this function by the directors of Maa TV.
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In times of extreme grief and loss, quite courageously, they shared happiness and spread hope among scores of families. And fittingly enough, on Monday, the families of those who died, but managed to give fresh lease of life to the needy were honoured for their big-heartedness.
MOHAN, the acronym, stands for Multi-Organ Harvesting Aid Network. In Hyderabad, a couple, 48-year-old Lalitha Raghuram and 52-year-old Raghuram, who are actively involved in the network, live by what they preach.
Inadequate laws for organ donation in India and lack of knowledge about what to do to donate one’s body parts after death, keep even supportive people from making a legally binding commitment.
The past two years have seen an encouraging growth in terms of the number of families coming forward to donate organs of their relatives who were declared ‘brain dead.' Tamil Nadu, especially, has taken a lead through its cadaver transplantation programme, speakers observed at a function organised by MOHAN Foundation to mark Organ Donation Day here on Thursday.
