On 6th September, 2013 a sensitization talk on organ donation was organized for the nurses from the Nephrology Ward, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Pondicherry. The session was conducted by Mr. Ananth R, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai.
In his presentation he emphasized on the need for deceased organ donation. He also covered the following topics: about organ donation; who can be a donor; about brain death; difference between brain death and coma; what are the organs and tissues that can be donated after brain death; importance of pledging ones organs by signing the donor card and the protocol followed at PIMS for retrieval and transplantation of deceased organs.
There were totally 10 nurses who participated in the session and all of them pledged their organs by signing the donor card.