On 9th September 2022, MFJCF was invited by Rotary Club Jaipur Midtown to conduct an awareness talk on organ donation and transplantation during their fellowship meet. Dr. Anita Hada, Project Director, MFJCF conducted the talk. Dr. Sudhir Bhandari, Vice Chancellor, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Capt Amarjeet Sangwan, Member, MFJCF and Mr. Gobind Gurbani, Member, MFJCF, were also Present. A total of 50 Rotarians attended the talk. Around 30 Rotarian pledge as an Organ Donors.
She talked about the following points:
• What is organ donation and what are the types of donations?
• Who can be a donor?
• Difference between natural death and brain death
• Myths around organ donation
• Real-life stories of organ donors of Rajasthan
• Organ pledging via Driving License
A few questions asked by the students are:
• How would the hospital know that we have pledged as an organ donor
• Whom to contact in case we want to donate organs of our loved ones
All the questions were satisfactorily answered by Dr. Anita Hada.
Also, the National Organ Donation Helpline number, 1800 103 7100 was shared with the participants. Some of the participants picked up donor cards and pledge as an organ donor.
MFJCF is thankful to Rtn Maj Gen Anuj Mathur for inviting us to conduct the talk.
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