On February 5, 2014 an awareness talk on organ donation was conducted by MOHAN Foundation (MF) Delhi for the employees of Baxter (India) Pvt. Ltd. At their Gurgaon Office.

 

Baxter India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Baxter International Inc. Baxter India believes in engaging collaboratively with patients, healthcare providers, governments and non - government organizationsto help change the lives of millions of people by providing safe, effective and affordable products and therapies.  Ms Vinita Khanna took the initiative and invited MOHAN foundation to sensitize the staff of the office.

 

 Ms Pallavi Kumar, Executive Director (Delhi – NCR)  MOHAN Foundation addressed the group, The session covered key issues like need for organ donation, current statistics on end stage organ failure, organ donation rate,brain death and legal aspects of organ donation and myths around organ donation. Questions were raised on how long can different organs be stored after retrieval, will MOHAN Foundation co-ordinate inGovt. Hospitals as well, What if a hospital does not have ventilator support and about Brain Death Committee etc?

 

25 employees from different departments attended the talk and 10 people picked up the Donor card.

 

At the end of the session important helpline numbers for eye donation, organ donation and whole body donation were also shared.