Awareness talk on Organ Donation at Department of Anatomy, PIMS

On 12^th September, 2013 an awareness session on organ donation was organized at the Department of Anatomy, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Pondicherry. The session was conducted by Mr. Ananth R, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai.

The welcome speech was delivered by Dr. Sivakumar, Vice Dean (PG) and Head of Department, Department of Anatomy, PIMS. Followed by a presentation made by Mr. Ananth. He covered the following topics:

Types of donors
Difference between natural death and brain death
Difference between brain death and coma
Organs that can be donated
Preservation time for the various organs
Importance of donor card

There were a total of 8 faculty members from PIMS. Every member of the audience picked up a donor card.