Mr. Bajaranga Kharmate, Regional Transport Officer, Giripeth, Nagpur invited MOHAN Foundation to conduct an awareness session on organ donation. The programme was conducted in the training hall on 5 October 2018 and the public who had come to apply for vehicle registration and driving license were the audience.

Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation delivered a talk on Organ Donation. In his talk he explained the following points:

• What is organ donation and its importance in saving lives
• Who can donate and when it is possible to become a donor
• Law on organ donation and transplantation
• Difference between brain death, natural death and coma
• Myths related to organ donation
• Stories of donors from Nagpur
• Transplant hospitals and tissue banks in Nagpur
• Importance of donor card, MOHAN Foundation helpline number and website

The audience had the following questions:

• What is pancreas and how it could be transplanted?
• What are the organs and tissues that could be donated following natural death?
• What is time duration for organ donation?

It was a highly interactive session. Around 30 people were present in the training room and 3 of them signed consent forms and picked up their donor cards. MOHAN Foundation thanks the RTO for the opportunity.