Mrs. Ranjini Shankar MS received a call from Shri. Ramesh N Vice President of Kannada Sangha Niko Homes II Bharatiya City to conduct an awareness session for the public during the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations.
At his request Mrs. Ranjini, Project Manager of MOHAN Foundation conducted an interactive session on 01st November 2023 at Bharatiya City. Around 210 members attended the session.
Mrs. Ranjini began the session by introducing MOHAN Foundation, its mission, vision; the concept of organ and tissue donation; types of death - cardiac death and brain death; brain death declaration; and procedure of deceased and living organ donation. Mrs. Ranjini then elaborated on the procedure of eye, skin, and bone donation; briefly explained the role of Jeevasarthakathe; touched upon the transplant law and the importance of a donor card. Myths and facts, and barriers to organ donation were highlighted as well.
Mr. Ramesh, who was impressed by the work of MOHAN Foundation, expressed his wish to conduct more events in with collaboration with the Foundation.
Among 210 audience, 160 of them signed up as organ donors during the event. MOHAN Foundation is thankful to Mr. Ramesh for the opportunity.