Nursing professionals plays an imperative role in every successful Organ Donation programme. Strengthening this medical community with right knowledge and attitude is fundamental for accelerating Organ Donation Programmes. Targeting this MOHAN Foundation - Bangalore is organizing a series of Organ Donation Awareness programmes covering nursing colleges in Bangalore and Mysore. As a part of this MOHAN Foundation - Bangalore organized an orientation programme on 9^th June 2012 at Rajiv Gandhi Nursing College, Bangalore. Mr.Bino James - Project Manager of MOHAN Foundation Bangalore addressed the students and explained to them the various concepts related to deceased organ donation and the role of nurses. More than 100 students and faculty members from the college attended the programme

The main topics discussed during the programme were:

• Types of Organ Donation - Live and Deceased Donation
• Brain Death- how it’s different from natural death and coma
• Organs that can be donated after brain death and natural death
• Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994 and Rules related to declaration of brain death
• Introduction to the diagnosis and maintenance of a brain dead organ donor
• Statistics on the deceased organ donation programme in India and the need for accelerated efforts to strengthen the programme
• Role of Transplant Coordinators in Hospitals
• Activities of MOHAN Foundation across the country to strengthen the Deceased Organ Donation programme
• Information on various help lines in the state for Eye, Body and Organ Donation.

The interactive session helped the students to clarify their doubts and better understand the concept of deceased organ donation.