On 4th September 2021, MOHAN Foundation, in association with Transplants – Help The Poor Foundation, conducted an awareness programme on organ donation at Shri Supteshwar Ganesh Mandir, Jabalpur on the occasion of Ganesh Utsav. The session which began around 07:30 pm was attended by around 64 devotees.
Ms. Prarthana Dwivedi (Transplant Coordinator) introduced MOHAN Foundation and Transplants – Help The Poor Foundation. The devotees were familiar only with eye donation and had no idea about the organ donation at the start of the session.
Ms. Prarthana explained the concepts of organ donation, why and when is an organ transplant required. She also explained various organs that can be donated, types of donors, types of death, viability of organs after retrieval. She elaborated on the difference between brain death and cardiac death. She also elaborated on the Transplantation of Human Organs Act and discussed the myths and misconceptions related to organ donation. She also briefed about skin donation, eye donation, organ donation and body donation.
Audience asked the following few questions:
Ms. Prarthana answered all the queries and thanked Mr. Prabhat Barman and Mrs. Seema for the invitation to conduction the session and supporting the cause.
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