On July 12, 2023, SOTTO Haryana & MOHAN Foundation was invited by Parle G Biscuits Pvt. Ltd., Bahadurgarh, Haryana to conduct an awareness session on Organ Donation for the employees of the company.
The event was coordinated by Mr. Surender Malik, General Manager, Parle G Biscuits Pvt. Ltd., Bahadurgarh.
Ms. Hanisha Dalal (Human Resources, Parle G) welcomed the MOHAN Foundation & SOTTO team and introduced them to around 32 employees present there. She also told about the purpose of talk to them. The session was started with lighting the Lamp.
Ms. Renu Kumari, Project Leader, MOHAN Foundation presented following points in details about organ donation to the employees:-
1. What is organ donation?
2. Who can donate organ?
3. What is the importance of organ donation?
4. What is brain death?
5. Myths and facts about organ donation.
6. Organ transplant waiting list in India.
7. What is the role of NOTTO, ROTTO and SOTTO in organ donation?
The entire group gets motivated and convinced to support organ donation. They also told the team that they would love to share and convince their family members about their wish for organ donation.
Ms. Deepti Kumari, Transplant Coordinator, SOTTO Haryana, explained how one can pledge to donate organs by filling the organ donation Form 7 (Organ Pledging Form) of the Transplantation of Human Organs & Tissues Rules, 2014.
Mr. Surender (General Manager, Parle G Biscuits) thanked the MOHAN Foundation & SOTTO Haryana team for sharing their knowledge and experience to help turn on the organ donation program in Haryana state. He said that they have learnt so many new facts from this session about organ donation.
Close to 32 participants attended the session and 7 pledged to donate their organs