On November 02, 2023, MOHAN Foundation Delhi NCR office conducted an organ donation awareness session for DTC bus drivers and conductors in DTC Training School. Ms. Simran Anand, Programme Officer, MF Delhi NCR, was the speaker for the session and she was accompanied by Ms. Sanya Santosh, Programme Officer, MF Delhi NCR.

Ms. Simran began the session by explaining the current status of organ donation in India. She also explained the basic concepts of organ donation and transplantation with the help of a PowerPoint presentation. The following topics were explained in detail:

• What is organ donation and it’s need in the society.

• Who can be an organ donor?

• Explanation about live and deceased donor

• Organs that can be donated during life and after death

• Brain death

• Eye donation and steps required to preserve cornea after death.

• Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994

• Role of MOHAN Foundation

• What an individual can do to contribute for this noble cause

• Myths and facts about organ donation

• Difference between coma and brain death

A short informative film on brain death was shown and the importance of family consent in the process of organ donation was also explained in detail. Participants also shared their views about the cause.

Over all the session was very interactive where participants enthusiastically contributed to the discussion and asked many queries to name a few:

• When a person is alive, he or she can donate his or her bone marrow. Is it an organ or tissue?

• If the family donates the organs of a deceased person, then, in the future, will the family get any priority for organs or not?

• Are organs free of charge, or is it charged?

Close to 65 participants attended the session.