Awareness Session on Organ Donation at the Insurance Department, PIMS, Puducherry

Updated on Wednesday, September 25, 2013
  • On 18th September, 2013 an awareness session on organ donation was organized at the Department of Insurance, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Puducherry. The session was conducted by Mr. Ananth. R, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai.

     

    In his session he covered the following topics: types of donors; difference between natural death and brain death; difference between brain death and coma; organs that can be donated, the number of hours the various organs can be preserved before transplantation; and the importance of the donor card.

     

    There were a total of 4 members who participated in the session. All of them picked up a donor card.



    Source-Ananth R
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