On 17th February, MOHAN Foundation was invited by A. Babukutty, Principal of Suretech College of Nursing, Jamtha, Nagpur to give a talk on Deceased Organ Donation. Dr. Ravi Wankhede, Director, Miss. Kanchan Shewde & Mr. Bulu Behera transplant coordinators MOHAN Foundation, Nagpur and Dr. Hemal Kanvinde from MOHAN Foundation, Chennai addressed the nursing students.
Dr. Hemal spoke to the students about organ donation and the role of a nurse and a transplant coordinator during the process of deceased organ donation.
Dr. Hemal explained following points which are given below
Dr. Ravi Wankhede started his session with a Q and A round and then explained the following:
Ms Kanchan and Mr Bulu Behera spoke about the opportunity to pledge organs and about cornea donation.
Nursing students, teaching and Non-teaching staff of Suretech Nursing College, 95 in all were present during the session. 61 of them signed the pledge forms and others promised to pick a donor card on their 18th birthday.