The Government of Tamil Nadu declared September 23rd as State Organ Donation Day. This was to honour one of the first donors of Tamil Nadu. On the occasion all the best performing hospitals were felicitated by the government and TRANSTAN (Transplantation Authority of Tamil Nadu). MGM Healthcare Hospital of Chennai  was recognized for its excellent performance in Lung and Heart Transplantation during the year 2021-2022.

To commemorate this day, MGM Healthcare along with MOHAN Foundation, put up the “Life before Ashes” exhibition on September 23, 2022. The exhibition was placed in the reception lobby of the hospital for 4 days Sep 23-26, 2022.  Four human ash based exhibits of heart, liver, kidney and eyes were showcased to the public to create awareness. The exhibits had a catchy slogan of “What has now become ashes, could have been another person’s heart or kidney, if only the organs were donated.”

These exhibition was unveiled by, Dr. Georgi Abraham, Senior Consultant Nephrologist, Dr. V Chandrasekaran, Nephrologist/Renal Specialist, Dr. Ravi Kumar, Interventional Cardiologist and Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation respectively in the presence of Dr J Amalorpavanathan Senior consultant at Dept. of Vascular Surgery and Head-Transplant Process and Dr Ananath Mohan Pai, Director - Medical Services at MGM Healthcare and other doctors and hospital staff. The exhibits were displayed for 3 days to the public, and information brochures and donor cards were placed near the exhibits for the interested public to pick up. Total 139 information brochures were picked up.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the management of the hospital for placing this award winning exhibition in support of organ donation.