On 25^th July 2021, MOHAN Foundation in association with Transplants – Help The Poor Foundation held an Awareness Talk on Organ Donation along with Women’s Empowerment group organized by Mr Ruturaaj Ganvir and Mr Javed Rana for members of EPS (Effective Public Speaking) of JCI members Nagpur.

Ms Prarthana began session with introduced MOHAN Foundation to the participants. She explained about the living donations and deceased donation and which organ can be donated after death. She added that there were a number of patients with end stage disease of other organs like heart, lungs and liver who required transplants too. The organs and tissues that can be donated while living and after a person dies of circulatory death were listed out. She then focused on brain stem death and listed out the organs and tissues that could be donated. She spoke about how time was critical in transplanting organs from deceased donors. The role of the ZTCC was discussed and myths were clarified. The utter need of organ donation in India (opt-in law) was explained through comparison of organ donation rate in other countries like Spain (opt-out law).

She ended the talk by giving an outline about the MOHAN Foundation helpline number. Some of the questions asked were –

• ZTCC role in Organ Donation.
• Can blind person donate their cornea?

Ms Prarthana Dwivedi answered all the queries promptly. Around 83 participants attended the session and about 36 EPS members pledged to become Organ Donors.

MOHAN Foundation would like to thank Mr. Ruturaaj Ganvir, Mr Javed Rana and all the members of JCI Nagpur for inviting us and supporting the cause of Organ Donation.