On 15^thAugut 2019, MOHAN Foundation, in association with Transplants – Help The Poor Foundation conducted an awareness talk on organ donation at 24x7 Vigilance and Facility Services, Trimurti Nagar, Nagpur on the occasion of Independence Day. A blood donation camp had also been set up along with organ donation session under the coordination of Mr. Prashant Joshi, the proprietor of 24x7 Vigilance and Facility Services which has been operational since last 10 years. And I have done the flag hosting also. The session which began around 11:30 AM, after the flag hoisting by Ms. Prarthana of MOHAN Foundation, was attended by 39 staff.

Ms. Prarthana introduced MOHAN Foundation and Transplants – Help The Poor Foundation. A short ice-breaker helped her understand that audience was non-medicos who had no idea about organ donation. She then explained the concepts of organ donation, why and when transplantation is required, various organs that can be donated, types of donors, types of death, viability of organs after retrieval. She also explained the difference between brain death and cardiac death. She also elaborated the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, and discussed the myths and misconceptions related to organ donation. She also briefed about skin donation, eye donation and body donation.

Crowd asked the following few questions:

• Difference between cardiac death and natural death?
• Can diabetic patients donate their organs?

Ms. Prarthana answered all the queries and thanked Mr Prashant Joshi for the invitation.