Awareness Stall at TVH Head Office

MOHAN Foundation joined hands with Dhanvantari Blood Bank to set up a stall at the TVH Head office in Chennai on 27th February 2013.   Mr. Rajakumar and Mrs. Sunita from the Dhanvantari Blood bank and Ms. Anita and Ms. Ramani from TVH HR Division organized the blood donation and awareness stall on Organ Donation.  Dr. Hemal Kanvinde of Mohan Foundation set up the stall and explained about the Concepts of Brain Death and Organ Donation to the staff.

Topics covered in the presentations were:

• Brain death and coma
• Organ and tissue donation by live people
• Organ and tissue donation after cardiac death and brain death
• Importance of a Donor card
• MOHAN Foundation webpage and toll free helpline

Queries on bone marrow transplantations, brain stem and brain death, whole body donation, organ allocation and waitlists were answered.  22 staff members of TVH office took a pledge to donate organs by picking up the Donor Cards.