On 28th  December 2023, MOHAN Foundation conducted an awarenesssession on Organ Donation for the teaching staff and students of Government ITI Belapur. Mr Ramkumar Rathod Professor of this college was instrumental in conducting this session. Ms. Prarthana Dwivedi was the key resource. She began the sessionby introducing MOHAN Foundation and its activities. Topic discussed in the session were as follows-

1. What is organ Donation and Tissue Donation

2. Concept of organ donation and its types

3. Which organs and tissues can be donated after brain death andcirculatory death?

4. Difference between brain death and circulatory death

5. Concept of Brain Steam death

6. Donor card and its importance was explained in detail

7. MOHAN Foundation helpline number was displayed. 

She then shared information on the ways the audience could get involvedand support organ donation. She encouraged and appealed to each one ofthem to become ambassadors of organ donation. Questions asked by the participants were as follows-

1. What is THOA Act?

2. How skin can be donated?

3. Can a person suffering from asthma donate his organs? 

The session was inspiring and motivated 97 participants to pledge their organs. 76 members participated in this session. We thank Mr Ramkumar Rathod for inviting us and supporting the cause of Organ Donation.