Awareness Talk at Life Style, Express Avenue, Chennai

On 10^th August, 2013, the HRD, Life Style at Express Avenue Mall invited MOHAN Foundation, Chennai to organize a session on organ donation for their employees.

The session was conducted by Ms. Kavitha. S, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai. A group of 55 employees attended the programme. The following aspects were highlighted in the programme:

The need for organ donation
Who can donate organs and tissues
When and what organs and tissues can be donated
Brain death and Coma
Importance of donor card
Organ Donation Helpline

The participants raised queries about organ sharing and allocation, contraindications in donating organs and tissues, whom to be contacted in case of emergency. At the end of the session, 53 employees showed their support for the cause by taking a pledge to become an organ donor.