The MOHAN Foundation team of Bangalore conducted a sensitization programme in NIMHANS Hospital on 20^th December 2019 for staff nurses from Dept. of Diploma in Neuro Nursing, Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing and PhD Nursing.

MOHAN Foundation was represented by Mr. Marulappa L N, Transplant Coordinator and Mrs. Ranjini Shankar M S, Project Manager.

The following topics were discussed in detail:

• Introduction about MOHAN Foundation
• Brain Stem Death
• Circulatory Death
• Jeevasarthakathe and its role
• Organ allocation system in Karnataka
• Role of Grief Counselors in Govts Hospitals
• The burden of organ failure and need for organ donation
• Importance of a donor card

During the interaction, the audience raised questions related to the following subjects:

• Declaration of Brain Death
• Brain Stem Death Certification Process
• Is it possible to share organs between states
• Are foreign nationals eligible for transplants

Around 21 nurses attended the session, agreed to promote the cause and also exhibited interest to know more about the process.