On 23 July, 2014 an awareness session on organ donation and transplantation was organized at Nehru Arts and Science College in Coimbatore. Dr. Anirudhan, Principal gave an inaugural address. Felicitation speech was given by Dr. Balasubramaniyan. The session on Organ Donation and Transplantation was conducted by Mr. Ananth. R, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation from Chennai. Mrs. Dhanalakshmi, Asst Prof. Dept of Microbiology coordinated this awareness programme.
In his talk Mr. Ananth covered the following topics:
and the importance of the donor card
A total of 104 UG and PG students of Microbiology Department participated in the session. 95 of them picked up donor cards and information brochures.
Queries raised by the students:
Whom to call to organise eye donation?
Is there a local Coimbatore hospital where we can pledge for cornea donation?
These queries were answered by Mr. Ananth.