On December 11, 2023, MOHAN Foundation conducted an awareness session at the Primary Health Centre (PHC), Sawombung, Manipur. Ms. Laishram Monica Devi, Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation, attended as the key speaker of the programme, and Ms. Thoidingjam Udayini Khuman, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, accompanied her.

 

The programme was coordinated by Dr. Dayapati Devi, Medical Officer In-Charge, PHC, Sawombung, Manipur. The patients attending the OPD and the staff of the centre were the participants of the session.

 

Ms. Monica opened the session by explaining the kidney transplantation programme happening in the state of Manipur. She inquired about the concepts of organ donation and transplantation by asking a few questions of the participants. Such as:

 

• Is organ donation heard before?

• Did anyone know that the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Porompat, Imphal, is running a kidney transplant programme?

 

Then, she explained the following points in detail:

 

• Organ donation and its need in society.

• The challenges faced by patients who do not have a donor.

• The organ transplant waiting list and the issues of organ trading in India.

• Types of organ donors.

• the difference between brain death and circulatory death.

• First and second deceased organ donations in Manipur.

• importance of the family’s consent in the process of organ donation.

• process of pledging for organ donation on the National Organs and Tissues Transplant Organisation’s (NOTTO) website.

 

Thereafter, a short interaction session was held. At the end of the session, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about organ donation were distributed to all the participants for better understanding of the topic.

 

Close to 25 participants attended the session.