An awareness programme on organ donation was organized for the police officials of Coimbatore to help them understand their role in processing organ donation cases on 05th November 2019. Mr. Siva Shankar T S – Marketing Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation and Mr. Nishanth – Transplant Coordinator, Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital were the speakers for the session.
Mr. Siva Shankar with a presentation on the concepts of organ donation and explained the following points in detail:
Mr. Nishanth, the next speaker spoke about the role of police, explaining their duties while handling an organ donation case in a hospital. The following were elaborated:
The session went on two and half hours for around 40 inspectors and sub-inspectors who asked a few questions including, when should the police be reaching the hospital during a possible organ donation scenario. MOHAN Foundation is thankful to the In-service Training Centre for the opportunity.