On January 2, 2025, MOHAN Foundation's NCR office organized an awareness session on organ donation at Cloudnine Hospital (CH), Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. The session was led by Ms. Simran Anand, Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation NCR, with support from Ms. Sanya Santosh, also a Programme Officer at MOHAN Foundation NCR. The audience included HR staff, administrative staff, nursing interns, ward nurses, housekeeping staff, and ICU staff.
The session was coordinated by Ms. Anchal, HR at Cloudnine Hospital, Punjabi Bagh.
Ms. Simran initiated the session by engaging the participants in a discussion about their existing knowledge of organ donation. She then provided an overview of the current status of organ donation in India and elaborated on the fundamental concepts of organ donation and transplantation through a PowerPoint presentation.
To explain "brain death," a brief and informative film was shown. Ms. Simran detailed the steps involved in brain death certification and emphasized its legal implications.
Key topics covered in the session included:
• The concept and societal need for organ donation
• Eligibility criteria for becoming an organ donor
• Distinction between living and deceased donors
• Organs that can be donated during life and after death
• Understanding brain death
• Eye donation and steps to preserve the cornea post-death
• Overview of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994
• The role of MOHAN Foundation in promoting organ donation
• How individuals can contribute to this cause
• Common myths and facts about organ donation
• The difference between coma and brain death
To make the session interactive, Ms. Simran posed questions to the participants, such as:
• Are brain-dead patients alive or dead?
• What organs and tissues can be donated if a person dies at home?
One participant inquired if organs could be preserved in the same way tissues are. Ms. Simran clarified that organs have a limited window period for retrieval and transplantation, typically a few hours.
Ms. Simran concluded by highlighting the unparalleled impact of organ donation and encouraged everyone to pledge to donate organs, emphasizing that it is the greatest gift one can give.
The session was attended by approximately 30 participants.
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