On 31^st December 2018, MOHAN Foundation Mumbai was invited by PKC Hospital for conducting an awareness talk for hospital medical fraternity about organ donation.

Mrs. Pratibha Lakade (Sister In-charge) introduced MOHAN Foundation as an NGO working passionately for deceased organ donation past 20 years.

Mrs. Jigisha Yadav thereafter took the dais and explained that MOHAN Foundation is an acronym for “Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network”. She shared its mission and objectives and then started explaining about what organ donation is, when, who, why and how it can be done. She also explained the THOA law related to organ Donation.

She briefly focused on the need of organs, India’s organ donation rate by giving the example of Mr. Vilas Rao Deshmukh (former CM of Maharashtra). She then explained about Brain Steam Death, how to diagnose and certify and who is authorized to certify. She also explained about the religious barrier and myths related to organ donation.

About 25-30 members attended the program and were distributed information brochures. Questions such as what is coma and how it is different from brain death were asked. Mrs. Jigisha Yadav answered all their queries.

We are very grateful to Dr. Vivek Hebbar (MD), Ms. Pankaj Gupta (Trustee), Dr. Harry and other staff members of PKC Hospital, Vashi for supporting the cause of Organ Donation.