On 24^th August, 2013 a sensitization session on organ donation was organized for the nurses of Male Medical Ward at RGGGH, Chennai. The aim of the programme was to sensitise them about the importance of identifying and maintaining brain dead patients and also to educated them about the role of the Cadaver Transplant Programme (CTP), Tamil Nadu.

Ms. Sunitha A T, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai conducted the session. In her presentation she spoke about the following topics: about organ donation; who can be a donor; what is brain death; difference between brain death and coma; what are the organs and tissues that can be donated after brain death; importance of signing a donor card and the protocol followed at RGGGH, Chennai.

Few of the queries that were raised during the session were: what is the age criteria for organ donation and how long can organs be preserved.

Totally 5 nurses participated in the session and all of them pledged their organs by signing the donor card.