On 29th May 2023. MOHAN Foundation was invited by Dr. Vijay Agrawal director of Kate Hospital, to give a talk on organ donation for his Hospital staff. Mr. Bulu Behera transplant coordinator at MOHAN Foundation was invited to give information about organ donation, in his talk, he gave information which is given below.
Mr. Bulu gave the following information to the participants:
- What is organ donation? Who can donate an organ?
- What is brain death and natural death?
- After brain death, which organs and tissues can be donated?
- After natural death, which tissues can be donated, and what are the time factors?
- What is the difference between coma and brain death?
- Is organ donation possible if the patient is in a coma?
- Live person, which organs can be donated, and what are the criteria for live donation?
- Information regarding body donation and eye donation
- What are the legal and ethical implications of organ donation?
- What does the Transplantation of Human Organs Act of 1994 say about organ donation?
- What is the role of NOTTO, ROTO, SOTTO, ZTCC, and the MOHAN Foundation in organ donation?
- Historical aspect of organ donation.
- What are the time factors for organ donation?
It was an interactive session and the participants asked the following questions:
- What are hospital registration processes?
- Who is the member of the brain death committee?
- Where is the MOHAN Foundation office in Nagpur?
In the end, Bulu requested all the participants to use the Foundation's website and helpline number for any information on organ donation or for online pledging of organs. About 10 staff nurses were present and 3 signed up for organ donation.
MOHAN Foundation thanks Dr. Vijay Agrawal for supporting the noble cause of organ donation.
Source-Mr. Bulu Behera
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