(This initiative is supported by SBI Foundation)
National Organ Donation and Transplant Toll-Free Help Line - 1800 103 7100 was initiated by MOHAN Foundation and has been functioning from 2012 onwards. The objective of this helpline is to provide service which offers information, support, guidance and referral for all those concerned with any aspect of organ donation and transplantation.
We have been able to provide this service to the public in eight languages. English Hindi Telugu Tamil Kannada Malayalam Marathi Oriya
On an average we answer about 1000 calls a month. Share our National Organ Donation and Transplant Toll Free Helpline 18001037100 with your family, friends, colleagues, employees such that it reaches to the needy patients and they can contact us for more information.
Nearly 50% calls received by the helpline are in Hindi and Marathi language. 25% callers speak in English. The helpline gets more than 70% of calls during office hours. A snapshot of the call distribution is given below.
MOHAN Foundations National Organ Donation and Transplant Toll Free Helpline supported by SBI Foundation won the Initiative Award (under 5 Cr budget) in the Swasthya Kalyan (Health and Well-being) Category...Read More |
Impactful event 1:
On December 20, 2021, Ms. Jaya Jairam received a call from a relative of the deceased, Mr. Vinay Shetye, 72 years who resided at Chunabhatti, Sion (Mumbai). He suffered a cardiac arrest that early morning at his residence. The relative was a doctor and she informed Ms. Jaya, that the daughters of the deceased were on their way to Mumbai, and that they were very keen to donate their father's organs, as it was his wish and they absolutely wanted to honour their father's wish.
Ms. Jaya gave her condolences and enquired about the time and cause of death. Upon ensuring that there were no contraindications to donation, she advised the relative that corneas and skin could be donated at home. They were not keen for whole body donation as they wished to perform further rites and rituals. Upon receipt of the death certificate copy, she coordinated with Bacchuali Eye Bank, Parel and Masina Skin Bank, Byculla. The whole procedure took place smoothly, thanks to total cooperation from the keen family members.
"Thank you. We really appreciate the promptness and help from your organisation" said the relative (who was a doctor) of the deceased. "Masina Hospital skin bank has successfully conducted skin retrieval today at Chunabhatti. Our special thanks to Mrs. Jaya Jairam of MOHAN Foundation who organised this" shared the skin bank official.
MOHAN Foundation salutes the donor Mr. Vinay Shetye and his family for enabling the gift of sight to two persons through corneal donation and for saving the lives of burn victims through skin donation.
#2:
On November 6, 2021, Ms. Kavitha Aneesh (Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation-Kerala) received a call from Mr. LN, age 46 expressing his desire to donate the corneas of his mother on the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation and Transplant Toll free helpline number. Ms. Kavitha contacted Ms. Preeti Goswami (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR office) at 09:34 AM and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi.
Ms. Preeti then called up Mr. LN to find out the details of the patient. Caller's mother, Mrs. KS was 78 years old, resident of House no 98, Raja Garden, New Delhi. She died of cardiac arrest at home. The family wished to donate her eyes as they thought it was a noble cause and somebody else could see the beautiful world through her eyes. Ms. Preeti then explained the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with National Eye Bank at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for the retrieval of corneas.
The corneas were retrieved successfully by National Eye Bank (AIIMS), New Delhi at 1:20 PM.
MOHAN Foundation salutes the donor and especially her family who were motivated to go ahead with the donation.
#3:
On 18th October 2021 at 3.00 am. Dr. Hemal Kanvinde took a call on the helpline for a possible cornea donation in Rajkot. Mr. N, 62 suffered from breast cancer and had passed due to cardiac arrest at home at 2 am. Her son Mr. M wished to donate her corneas.
Dr. Hemal counseled that cornea donation may be difficult and provided him with details of Eye bank in Rajkot - Arham Eye Hospital and names and number of Donate Life NGO. On followup call Mr. M informed me that the counselor said that they are unable to accept the cornea donation since the deceased suffered from cancer.
MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for coming forward for a donation, though it was not successful.
#4:
On 18th October 2021 at 4.00 am, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde received a call through the helpline about a possible eye and whole body donation donation in Bengaluru. Mr. X called to say that his mother in law Mrs. Y 59 years passed away due to cardiac death at Jayadeva Hospital, Bengaluru. The family was interested in body donation.
Dr. Hemal counseled for eye donation and send to him details of the eye banks and hospitals accepting body donation.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Dr. Gautam of Laxmi Eye Bank, Panvel and Dr. Shilpa Karnik of RCBN Skin Bank, Airoli who were very cooperative and confirmed that shortly they will reach the hospital where the deceased was admitted for Corneas retrieval and Skin retrieval respectively. Dr. Jimmy kept the family updated.
In a followup, Mr. Sridhar said that the cornea were retrieved by Dr. Rajkumar Eye Bank and the body was donated to M S Ramaiah Medical College. MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their donation.
#5:
On 7th October 2021 at 5.00am, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde received a call from Mr. B for information on eye donation in Kolkata. He said his father of 80 years has died due to cardiac arrest in a nursing home at Tollygunge and the family were ready for eye donation.
Dr. Hemal explained the precautions for eye donation and sent to him contact details of eye - banks in Kolkata. She also called Disha Eye Bank and gave them details of the deceased.
On follow up, Dr. Hemal spoke to the technician of Disha Eye Bank and understood that they had successfully collected the cornea. MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their gesture of donation.
#6:
On 3rd October 2021 around 7 am, Mr S received a call on helpline from Mira Road, Mumbai from Mr A enquiring about Eye Donation of his relative (Aunt) Mrs P, 63 years old who had just died due to sudden Cardiac Arrest due to Acute Coronary Insufficiency. Mr S forwarded the case to Dr Jimmy Gupta for further coordination.
Dr Jimmy explained the process of Cornea Donation and Skin Donation to the patient relative who asked sometime to discuss within the family. After sometime Dr Jimmy spoke with the relative regarding their decision about tissue donation. All the family members responded positively for Eyes and but refused for Skin Donation. Thus Dr Jimmy Gupta alerted the Eye Bank team for retrieval.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Ms Suchitra Vaity of Bachooali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre who were very cooperative and confirmed that shortly they will reach the residence of the deceased for Corneas retrieval respectively. Dr Jimmy kept the family updated.
After following up a few hours later Dr Jimmy got to know from Mr A that retrieval process of Eye donation has been completed. So the Corneas were donated to Bachooali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre respectively.
Dr Jimmy thanked all the members for supporting the cause of tissue donation and the family thanked MOHAN Foundation and also expressed his gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled.
#7:
On 29th September 2021 around 11 pm, Mr. Shridhar, of MOHAN Foundation Karanataka received a call on helpline from Vasai, Mumbai from Mr. JH enquiring about Eye Donation of her relative Mrs. PM, 71 years old who had just died due to sudden Cardiac Arrest with background of Accelerated Hypertension in case of Pelvic Injury due to Railway Accident a week back at Ravi Hospital, Centre for Trauma Care Vasai, Mumbai. Mr. Shridhar forwarded the case to Dr. Jimmy Gupta, Mumbai MOHAN Foundation Staff for further coordination.
Dr. Jimmy explained the process of Cornea Donation and Skin Donation to the patient relative who asked sometime to discuss within the family. After sometime Dr. Jimmy spoke with the relative regarding their decision about tissue donation. All the family members responded positively for Eyes and Skin Donation. Thus Dr. Jimmy Gupta alerted both Eye and Skin Bank teams for retrieval. She also explained that Whole Body donation is not possible as the case being a MLC case and for Postmortem.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Dr. Gautam of Laxmi Eye Bank, Panvel and Dr. Shilpa Karnik of RCBN Skin Bank, Airoli who were very cooperative and confirmed that shortly they will reach the hospital where the deceased was admitted for Corneas retrieval and Skin retrieval respectively. Dr. Jimmy kept the family updated.
After following up a few hours later Dr. Jimmy got to know from Mr JH that retrieval process of Eye donation & Skin Donation has been completed. So the Corneas were donated to Laxmi Eye Bank, Panvel and Skin was donated to RCBN Skin Bank, Airoli respectively.
Dr. Jimmy thanked all the members for supporting the cause of tissue donation and the family thanked MOHAN Foundation and also expressed his gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled. We also thank Ravi Hospital, Vasai, Mumbai for helping the family throughout the donation & retrieval processes thereby supporting the cause of donation.
#8:
On September 22, 2021 at 6.50 am, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde, Quality Assurance Officer, MOHAN Foundation, received a ca call on the helpline from Ms. AG regarding corneal donation of Mr. SM, age 58 who died due to cardiac arrest at MAX Hospital, Saket, New Delhi. He was a resident of Gurgaon.
Dr. Hemal forwarded this case to Ms. Preeti Goswami, Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation - Delhi NCR as the caller belongs to Gurgaon. Ms. Preeti spoke with Ms. AG and Ms. KA (daughter of Mr. SM) to collect more information. Ms. KA expressed her wish to donate her father's eyes. Ms. Preeti also informed them about the process of corneal donation.
Ms. Preeti then spoke with the eye technician from Dr. Shroff Eye Bank, New Delhi and gave him the caller's details. He then spoke with the family and found a detailed history of the deceased person. It was revealed that Mr. SM was suffering from liver cancer since February, 2021, which is a contraindication for eye donation according to the guidelines that the eye banks are following. Hence, the corneal donation was deferred.
MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their initiative to call the helpline, though the donation was unsuccessful.
#9:
On 18th September 2021 at around 12 pm, Mr. Bulu Bahera received a call on helpline from Mr. DC. He said that his mother Mrs. WC, 55 years old, resident of Gujarat died due to Cardiac Arrest at around 10.30 am at her home. Mr. Bulu Behera explained the process of Cornea Donation to the patient relative who asked sometime to discuss within the family and forwarded the case to Dr. Jimmy Gupta for further coordination regarding tissue donation.
Dr. Jimmy then spoke with Mr. DC, son of the patient and took information regarding patient past history, condition and blood reports. After receiving the whole information of the patient Dr. Jimmy noted that the patient's cause of death was not clear and the patient also had a history of fever with unavailability of Covid report.
Dr. Jimmy also spoke to a few Eye Banks but they also deferred the case mentioning Covid Protocols and the deceased being a home death case. So Dr. Jimmy conveyed this to Mr. DC that tissue donation is not possible and thanked him for supporting the noble cause of Donation.
#10:
On 17th September 2021 around 3.30 am , Dr. Jimmy Gupta received a call from Mrs. TS from Thane, enquiring about Eye Donation and Whole Body Donation of her father Mr. VV, 85 years old who died about an hour back due to sudden Terminal Cardiac Arrest at Reliance Hospital, Navi Mumbai.
Dr. Jimmy explained the process of Cornea Donation and Skin Donation to the patient relative who asked sometime to discuss within the family. After sometime Dr. Jimmy spoke with the relative regarding their decision about tissue donation. All the family members responded positively for Eyes and Skin Donation and also wished to donate Whole Body to the government medical college for medical purposes. Thus Dr. Jimmy Gupta alerted both Eye and Skin Bank teams for retrieval.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Ms. Suchitra Vaity of Bachooali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre and Dr. Shilpa Karnik of RCBN Skin Bank, Airoli who were very cooperative and confirmed that shortly they will reach deceased residence for Corneas retrieval and Skin retrieval respectively. Dr. Jimmy kept the family updated and also inquired with Dr. Prakash Mane from the Anatomy Department of MGM Medical College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai regarding formalities and transport of the deceased body after both Corneas retrieval and Skin retrieval respectively. Dr. Mane explained to the family about required formalities for Whole Body Donation.
After following up a few hours later Dr. Jimmy got to know from Mrs. TS that retrieval process of Eye donation & Skin Donation has been completed in the ICU itself. Corneas were donated to Bachooali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre, Parel and Skin was donated to RCBN Skin Bank, Airoli respectively. Finally after the tissue donation completion, the Whole Body was donated to MGM Medical College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai as per the family wish.
Dr. Jimmy thanked all the members for supporting the cause of tissue donation and the family thanked MOHAN Foundation and also expressed his gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled. We also thank Reliance Hospital Koparkhairne, Navi Mumbai for helping the family throughout the donation & retrieval processes thereby supporting the cause of donation and MGM Medical College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai.
#11:
On 13th September 2021 around 10 am , Dr Jimmy received a call on helpline from Mrs SS enquiring about Eye Donation of her mother Mrs BS, 71 years old who had just died due to sudden Cardiogenic shock in known case Chronic Kidney Disease on regular Dialysis at Namah Centre at Kandivali, Mumbai.
Dr. Jimmy explained the process of Cornea Donation and Skin Donation to the patient relative who asked sometime to discuss within the family. After sometime Dr Jimmy spoke with the relative regarding their decision about tissue donation. All the family members responded positively for Eyes and Skin Donation and also wished to donate Whole Body to the government medical college for medical purposes. Dr. Jimmy explained to them that as the patient was suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease, Whole Body Donation is not possible. Thus Dr. Jimmy Gupta alerted both Eye and Skin Bank teams for retrieval.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Ms Suchitra Vaity of Bachooali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre and Dr. Shilpa Karnik of RCBN Skin Bank, Airoli who were very cooperative and confirmed that shortly they will reach deceased residence for Corneas retrieval and Skin retrieval respectively. Dr. Jimmy kept the family updated.
After following up a few hours later Dr. Jimmy got to know from Mrs. SS that retrieval process of Eye donation & Skin Donation has been completed. So the Corneas were donated to Bachooali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre, Parel and Skin was donated to RCBN Skin Bank, Airoli respectively.
Dr. Jimmy thanked all the members for supporting the cause of tissue donation and the family thanked MOHAN Foundation and also expressed his gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled. We also thank Namah Centre for helping the family throughout the donation & retrieval processes thereby supporting the cause of donation.
#12:
On 9th September 2021 around 1 pm, Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinator Nagpur received a call on helpline from Ms. PS enquiring about Eye Donation of her father Mr. VS, 71 years old who had died around two hours back due to sudden cardiac arrest at his residence at Andheri, Mumbai. Mr. Bulu Behera forwarded the case to Dr. Jimmy Gupta for further coordination regarding tissue donation.
Dr. Jimmy explained the process of Cornea Donation and Skin Donation to the patient relative who asked for some time to discuss within the family. After sometime Dr. Jimmy spoke with the relative regarding their decision about tissue donation, so the family consented only for eye donation.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Bachooali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre who confirmed that shortly they will reach deceased residence for Corneas retrieval respectively. Dr. Jimmy kept the family updated.
After following up a few hours later Dr. Jimmy got to know from family that retrieval process of Eye donation has been completed by Bachooali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre, Parel. Dr. Jimmy thanked all the members for supporting the cause of tissue donation and the family thanked MOHAN Foundation and also expressed his gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled.
#13:
On September 8, 2021 at 1.00 am, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde, Quality Assurance Officer, MOHAN Foundation, received MOHAN Foundation's helpline call from Mr. VS from Raipur. His mother in law has passed on and the family was interested in eye donation.
Mrs. VB, 75 years was a patient of Alzheimer’s and had died due to cardiac arrest. Dr. Hemal gave the contact information of an eye bank to Mr. VS. The MGM eye bank in Raipur did not respond to his calls and so the eye donation could not happen.
MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for thinking of donation, in their time of grief.
#14:
On 31st August 2021 around 11.30 am, Mrs. Neha Sharma, Project officer Chandigarh received a call from Mr. RA (JEEVAN Group Foundation) regarding corneal donation of Mrs. SG 65/F who had a Cardiac arrest around 1 hour back. She was a resident of Jain Nagar, Laal Kothi, Bhopal. Ms. Neha forwarded the case to Ms. Prarthana Dwivedi, Transplant coordinator, Nagpur for further coordination. Ms. Prarthana spoke with both the sons Mr PG and Mr AG of the deceased and explained to them regarding the process of Cornea Donation.
Ms. Prarthana coordinated with a few Eye Banks but due to Covid situation some Eye Banks refused. Ms. Prarthana conveyed about the situation to Dr. Jimmy Gupta, Program Officer, Mumbai. Dr. Jimmy called and took help from Mr. Ahsan Ulah Ansari (NATCO Executive Member) in Bhopal who helped us in coordination. After collaborative efforts the team from Hemadia Govt Hospital and Eye Bank, Bhopal proceeded and corneal donation happened at the stipulated time.
Ms. Prarthana thanked all the members for supporting the cause of tissue donation and the family thanked MOHAN Foundation and also expressed his gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled. We also thank Mr. Ahsan Ansari for his timely help and support.
#15:
On 26th August 2021 around 10.30 am, Mrs Neha Sharma, Program Officer Chandigarh received call from Mrs. DD from Shatayu Foundation regarding regarding corneal donation of Mrs. RS 83/F who had Cardiac arrest and was a resident of Kandivali, Mumbai. Ms. Neha forwarded the case to Dr. Jimmy Gupta, Program Coordinator, Mumbai for further coordination. Dr. Jimmy spoke with Mrs. KS patient relative and counselled her about the process of Cornea Donation and Skin Donation who asked sometime to discuss within the family.
Dr. Jimmy then spoke with the Skin Bank Coordinator but when detailed history was taken it was revealed that the patient had been bedridden for the past one month and had bedsores So Skin Donation was not possible. She then coordinated with a few Eye Banks but due to recent history of coughing the case has been considered a suspected Covid case so Eye Donation was also not possible.
Dr. Jimmy conveyed about the situation and regretted that their loved ones wish could not be fulfilled to the family and Mrs. Devangi Dave from Shatayu Foundation and thanked them for reaching out to MOHAN Foundation. Mrs. KS also expressed his gratitude for the efforts trying to coordinate Eye Donation for his deceased relative.
#16:
On 25th August 2021 around 11.00 pm, Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinator, Nagpur received a call from Mr. MS of Nasik about a possible organ donation of his cousin Mr. SS aged 32 years.
The case details were sent to Mr. Sanjay Rakibe, Transplant Coordinator in Nashik for further counseling and fact finding. Mr. Sanjay Rakibe went to Sopan Hospital Nashik and counselled the family. The deceased's wife was in home town 200 kms away and the relatives were reluctant to inform her about Shewal’s demise over the phone. They refused to give consent for donation.
Donation could not take place. MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr. Sanjay Rakibe for his efforts.
#17:
On 12th August 2021, around 3:30 pm, Ms. Kavitha, Transplant Coordinator Trivandrum, received a call from Mrs. DS, Jaipur, on the helpline number asking assistance for body donation. Her mother Smt. US aged 88 years and just passed away.
The case details were sent to MFJCF, Jaipur. Dr. Hanskia of MFJCF forwarded the case details to JSG Central Sanstha for coordinating the Body Donation. Smt. US’s last wish was to donate her body. After her death her family members fulfilled her wish. JNU Medical College Jaipur accepted the donation on 13.08.2021 at 15.00 PM.
MOHAN Foundation is thankful to Smt. US’s family and Jain Social Group for facilitating the Body Donation
#18:
On 11th August 2021 at around 11 pm, Dr. Jimmy Gupta received call from Mrs. SS regarding corneal donation of Mr. JS 81/M who had Cardiac arrest due to Acute Myocardial Infarction at around 6 pm resident of Dombivli for coordination. Dr. Jimmy took detailed history of the deceased. She also counselled for Skin Donation but the family was unwilling for Skin Donation.
Dr. Jimmy then coordinated many Eye Banks for helpline call regarding corneal donation. All Eye Banks deferred the case as the Death happened at home and the COVID-19 negative report was not available. As per the guidelines, Eye Banks are accepting tissues from Hospitals with negative COVID results.
Dr. Jimmy informed the family about the situation and regretted that their loved one's wish could not be fulfilled. Mrs. SS also expressed her gratitude for the efforts trying to coordinate Eye Donation for her deceased relative.
#19:
On 10th August 2021, Dr. Sanaa Bhadwal, Transplant Coordinator, Rohtak, followed up a possible cornea donation call received on the MOHAN Foundation Organ Donation Toll Free Number as the caller was from Panipat, Haryana. This call was attended by Ms. Ishwarya Thiagarajan from Chennai and passed on to Dr. Sanaa.
Dr. Sanaa then talked to Mr. AK who expressed his desire to donate the corneas of his uncle Mr. BJ aged 51 years who had passed away at 8:00 am the same day. She also explained to the family the measures they could take to take care of the donor till the retrieval could be arranged. The family wished for the retrieval to be done at home and on further discussions with the nephew it was revealed that the family itself wished to coordinate the retrieval. Dr. Sanaa then advised them to contact MOHAN Foundation again if they needed any further assistance. On follow up it was revealed that the family was able to coordinate the cornea retrieval through Jan Seva Dal, Panipat.
MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for reaching out during their time of grief.
#20:
On July 31, 2021 at 12: 42 AM, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde (Quality Assurance Officer, MOHAN Foundation) received a call on the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation and Transplant Toll free helpline number from Mr. SS expressing his desire to donate the corneas of his grandmother, Mrs. GV. Dr. Hemal gave contact details of some eye banks in Gurgaon to the caller. She then contacted Ms. Preeti Goswami (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR office) and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Gurugram.
Ms. Preeti then called up Mr. SS to find out the details of the patient. Mrs. GV was 82 years old, resident of Sector-50, Gurugram. She died of cardiac arrest at home. Some years ago, she had expressed her wish to donate her eyes. Ms. Preeti then explained the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Niramaya Eye Bank for the retrieval of corneas.
The corneas were retrieved successfully by Niramaya Eye Bank, Gurugram at 1:45 AM.
MOHAN Foundation salutes the donor and especially her family who were motivated especially during COVID times to go ahead with the donation.
#21:
On 27th July 2021, at 5.55 pm Ms. Prarthana Dwivedi, Transplant Coordinator in Nagpur received a helpline call from Wakad, Pune. Mr. PM son in law of patient Mr. TB, 65yrs old male with history of DM and low Blood pressure had Cardiac arrest. The family wished to donate their tissues and Whole Body Donation of the deceased who had expressed his wish to donate.
Ms. Prarthana Dwivedi also spoke with Mrs. BM (daughter of patient) and took information regarding patient medical history. After receiving the whole information of the patient Ms. Prarthana explained the process of Cornea Donation and Whole Body Donation to the patient's relatives. Giving the family sometime to discuss among themselves, she spoke with the relative regarding their decision about tissue donation. All the family members responded positively for Eyes and Whole Body Donation.
Meanwhile, Ms. Prarthana coordinated with the anatomy department for Body Donation and Eye Bank for Corneal Donation at the Sasoon Hospital, Pune. A follow up after a few hours revealed that both cornea and body donation was successfully done. Ms. Prarthana thanked all the members for supporting the cause of tissue donation and the family thanked MOHAN Foundation and also expressed his gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled.
#22:
On 13th July 2021 at around 09:30pm Dr. Hemal Kanvinde received a helpline call for a request to coordinate an eye donation. Ms. N, said that she has lost her 86 years old grandmother Mrs. A, to cardiac arrest. The death had happened at home in Bengaluru. The case was handed over to Mrs. Ranjini Shankar of Karnataka team to coordinate. She spoke to Ms. N and confirmed the willingness to donate corneas. Mrs Ranjini informed the state authority Jeevasarthakathe, and was informed of the eye bank in their rota system. She then coordinated with Lions eye bank for the successful donation of corneas.
MOHAN Foundation thanks the family of Mrs. A for their gesture of giving sight to two people through the donation.
#23:
On 13th July 2021 at around 10 pm Dr. Hemal Kanvinde received a helpline call from Mr. N. son of patient Mr. V., 86 years old male who was admitted in GMERS Medical College & Hospital, Baroda, Gujarat with history of Cardiac Arrest at around 8.30 pm. Dr. Hemal explained the process of Cornea Donation and Whole Body Donation to the patient relative who asked sometime to discuss within the family.
Dr. Hemal told Dr. Jimmy Gupta to take a brief history of the patient and coordinate the case further. Dr. Jimmy then spoke with Mr. N. son of patient and took information regarding patient condition and blood reports. After receiving the whole information of the patient Dr. Jimmy noted that the patient's cause of death was not clear and the Government hospital is going to proceed with the Post mortem procedure as the death happened in less than 24 hours of admission. So the Postmortem is the contraindication for Whole Body Donation so she conveyed to Mr. N. that Whole Body cannot be donated, but he still insisted on corneal donation.
Dr. Jimmy spoke to the HOD of the Ophthalmology department regarding corneal donation of the case but they deferred the case as it was an MLC case of which Postmortem is going to be performed. She also spoke to a few Eye Banks but they also deferred the case mentioning Covid Protocols & the case being an MLC case. Dr. Jimmy conveyed this to Mr N. that tissue donation is not possible and thanked him for supporting the noble cause of Donation.
#24:
In the evening of July 8, 2021, Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator, Hyderabad, Telangana, answered a call on the helpline about a possible eye donation. The caller, Mr. X said that he found out that his grandmother Mrs. Y aged 78 years had died at his home Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, due to cardiac arrest at around 4 pm. The family was discussing eye donation.
Dr. Bhanu Prakash also counselled the family for voluntary body donation. They were not willing. Respecting their wishes, Dr. Bhanu Prakash then successfully coordinated the donation of corneas with Vasan Eye Institute.
MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr.X for reaching out to MOHAN Foundation and the family for their generosity in time of grief.
#25:
In the early morning of July 6th, 2021, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde answered a call on the helpline for an eye donation in Vijayawada, Andra Pradesh. She gave all the details to Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator at Hyderabad. Dr. Bhanu called Ms.X and found out that her grandfather Mr. Y aged 88 years had died at his home due to cardiac arrest at around 4 am. He has pledged to donate his eyes with MOHAN Foundation 15 years ago and the family wanted to honor his wish.
He spoke to the deceased's son Mr.Z and also the entire family about voluntary body donation too. They were unwilling. Dr. Bhanu then successfully coordinated the donation of corneas with Vasan Eye Institute, Vijayawada, Andra Pradesh.
MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity in their time of grief.
#26:
On June 27, 2021 at 3.00 am, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde received a call on the helpline for a probable tissue donation in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana. The caller Mr.X informed her that his 78year old grandmother Mrs. Y Devi had passed away due to old age. She has wished for eye donation and he was looking for assistance to fulfill her wish.
Dr. Hemal then looked for eye banks in Karnal and Yamuna Nagar and called the Civil Hospital in Karnal. There was no response. Finally she and Mr. X located Madhav Eye bank in Karnal and spoke to them. The eye bank was unwilling for a home visit in the prevailing pandemic condition and after two calls they agreed and the donation was done successfully.
MOHAN Foundation thanks the family of Mrs.Y for their decision for cornea donation.
#27:
At around midnight of June 26, 2021 Dr. Hemal Kanvinde answered a call on the helpline for a probable eye donation in Vishakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh. She gave all the details to Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator at Hyderabad. Dr. Bhanu called Mr.X and found out that his mother Mrs. Y aged 58 years had died due to cardiac arrest at around 10 pm.
He spoke to the family about voluntary body donation also. They were not willing. Dr. Bhanu then successfully coordinated the donation od corneas with LV Prasad Eye Institute, Vishakhapatnam. MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity in time of grief.
#28:
On 17th June 2021, Ms. Ishwarya Thyagarajan, Helpline Executive received a call on the Helpline around 1 PM in the afternoon from Kodambakkam in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The caller, Mr. X, informed that his 89-year-old father had passed away 1 hour ago due to natural causes at home. The deceased, Mr.Y had registered for voluntary body donation at his village, and his son wanted to carry out his father’s wishes. He had reached out to the 104 helpline of the state government and was asked to call MOHAN Foundation.
Ms. Ishwarya tried reaching out to the three government medical college hospitals of the state to coordinate. While one hospital responded by saying that they have temporarily stopped accepting donations owing to the pandemic, the other two were unreachable. She then reached out to Dr. Mallikesan from the Anatomy department of Sri Ramachandra Hospital who offered to coordinate with the family.
The family was requested to talk to Dr. Mallikesan and the donation formalities were successfully completed by 5 PM in the evening. Mr.X sent a heartfelt thank you message appreciating the efforts of the Foundation.
MOHAN Foundation is thankful to the family for taking efforts to carry out the deceased’s wishes.
#29:
Dr. Hemal Kanvinde, received a helpline call on June 16, 2021 at 7.00 am for eye donation in Hyderabad. She gave the details to Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator in Hyderabad. Ms.Y said that her brother Mr.X aged 47 years had passed away due to cardiac arrest at ESI Hospital, Hyderabad. He had chronic kidney failure and was undergoing dialysis.
The family wished to donate his body for medical students. Dr. Bhanu Prakash spoke to the family members and counseled for cornea donation also. He then successfully coordinated the donation of cornea to Vasan Eye bank and body donation to ESI Hospital.
MOHAN Foundation salutes the family for Mr.X for their donation.
#30:
In the early hours of June 13, 2021, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde of Chennai office, received a call from Arthur Village Mandal, Prakasham District, Andra Pradesh for a possible eye donation. She gave details of Hyderabad Counselor Dr. Bhanu Prakash to Mr. J P Kiran, the caller. Dr. Bhanu spoke to Ms. Y, who informed him that her sister Ms.Y 65 years old has died due to cardiac arrest and they were thinking or eye donation.
Dr. Bhanu Prakash informed her of all precautions to be taken and coordinated with Vasan Eye bank for a successful cornea donation. MOHAN Foundation is greatful to the family for their donation.
#31:
On 29th May 2021, at around 9 am, Mr. Shridhar Hanchinal had received a call on helpline from Ms.Y enquiring about Eye Donation of her grandmother Mrs.Z an 80 year old who had just passed away due to Cardiorespiratory arrest in a known case of Interstitial lung disease at Kevalya Hospital, Thane. Ms. Jaya Jairam from Mumbai office spoke to Ms.Y and appreciated her and her family for coming forth to donate the eyes of their loved one. Thereafter she also gently counselled Ms.Y for Skin Donation, whereupon the latter said she would discuss with her family and revert. Quite immediately, Ms. Jaya received a confirmatory call from Ms.Y confirming their consent for eye as well as skin donation.
Dr. Jimmy Gupta coordinated with a few Eye Banks for Corneal donation but all of them deferred the case due to history of Interstitial lung disease and suspected COVID-19 related complications (the patient had recovered from COVID-19 in the previous month). Dr. Jimmy then coordinated with Masina Skin Bank, Byculla for Skin donation. She also spoke to Dr Alok Modi, consultant physician at Kevalya Hospital and thanked him for the hospital's cooperation for Skin retrieval.
Skin retrieval was completed in the next few hours and Dr. Jimmy thanked all the members of the Ms. Y’s family for supporting the cause of tissue donation. They thanked MOHAN Foundation in turn and expressed their gratitude for smooth coordination and more importantly, for fulfilling their wish.
#32:
On May 5, 2021, at 3.00am Dr. Hemal Kanvinde answered a helpline call for eye donation from a family in Hyderabad. She forwarded the details to Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator to help Ms. .X to fulfill his father’s wish. Mr.Y 73 years old died due to cardiac arrest at Military Hospital, Hyderabad.
The family was willing for eye donation. Dr. Bhanu Prakash spoke to them and also introduced voluntary body donation. The family agreed to both. Dr. Bhanu Praksah coordinated with Vasan Eye bank for cornea donation and with Bhasker Medical College for body donation.
MOHAN Foundation thanks Ms. X for contacting MOHAN Foundation and for their generosity in donation.
#33:
On 4th May 2021, Ms. Ishwarya Thyagarajan, Helpline Executive received a call on the Helpline around 4:40 PM in the afternoon from Thiruthuraipoondi in Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. The caller, Ms.Y informed that her father had passed away around 30 minutes ago due to heart failure and it was his wish that all his organs, tissues and body were to be donated.
Ms. Y was advised that only eye donation and body would be possible following circulatory death and there might be challenges given the pandemic. Tiruvarur Government Medical College, the nearest to the residence of the deceased, was reached out to for both eye and body donations. The officials from the college informed right away that while body donation cannot be accepted, they would try to retrieve the corneas. However, this was unsuccessful too.
At the family’s request private eye banks including Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai, Joseph’s Eye Hospital in Trichy, Aravind Eye Hospitals in Kumbakonam and a few others were contacted. COVID restrictions and travel distance unfortunately did not allow for the retrieval of the corneas.
MOHAN Foundation is thankful to the family for taking efforts to carry out the deceased wishes.
#34:
On 2nd May 2021 at 2.30 am, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde, Quality Assurance Officer received a call from Hyderabad for the possibility of eye donation. She gave the information to Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Senior Transplant Coordinator in Hyderabad. Ms.Y called to inquire how to get eye donation done. Her father Mr..X (68 years) has expired due to cardiac arrest at home and the family was willing for eye donation. Dr. Bhanu Prakash counselled the family, explained the process and gave tips of precautions for cornea donation.
He then contacted Vasan Eye Bank and successfully coordinated the cornea donation of Mr.X MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their noble gesture.
#35:
On 25th April 2021 around 12 pm , Ms. Neha from MOHAN Foundation Chandigarh office received a call on the helpline for a probable tissue donation in Pune. The caller Ms. Y enquired about Eye Donation of her grandfather Mr.X 78 years old who died an hour earlier due to sudden Cardiac arrest in a known case of Asthma at his residence at Pimple Saudagar, Pune.
Ms. Neha noted the details and informed the Mumbai team for further coordination. Ms. Jaya Jairam called Ms.Y and explained the process of Cornea Donation and Skin Donation to the patient relative who asked sometime to discuss within the family. Ms. Jaya spoke with the relative regarding their decision about tissue donation. All the family members responded positively for Eyes and Skin Donation.
Then Dr. Jimmy Gupta of MOHAN Foundation Mumbai office coordinated with H V Desai Eye Bank, Pune and Surya Skin Bank for Corneal and Skin retrieval respectively with the help of Transplant Coordinator Mrs. Sharmila Padhe.
After a while Dr. Jimmy spoke with Mr. Sushant Yadav of H V Desai Eye Bank, Pune regarding the corneal retrieval process, he confirmed that the team will reach shortly at patients' residence. But the Skin Bank team deferred the case quoting that their skin donation program is halted presently due to pandemic. Dr. Jimmy informed the family regarding the situation.
After following up a few hours later Dr. Jimmy got to know from Ms.Y that retrieval process of Eye donation has been completed. Corneas were donated to H V Desai Eye Bank, Pune. Dr. Jimmy thanked all the members for supporting the cause of tissue donation and the family thanked MOHAN Foundation and also expressed his gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled.
#36:
On 24th April 2021 around 6 pm, Dr. Jimmy Gupta received a call on helpline from Ms.Y enquiring about Eye Donation of her grandfather Mr.X (77 years) who died at around an hour back due to sudden Cardiorespiratory arrest in known case of COPD at his residence at Borivali, Mumbai.
Dr. Jimmy explained the process of Cornea Donation and Skin Donation to the patient relative who asked sometime to discuss within the family. After sometime Dr. Jimmy spoke with the relative regarding their decision about tissue donation.and got a positive response for Eyes and Skin Donation and also for Whole Body donation. Dr. Jimmy explained to them that due to pandemic government medical colleges are not accepting Whole Body Donations at present.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Dr. Archana from Bachooali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre and Ms Chetna from RCBN Skin Bank, Airoli who were very cooperative and confirmed to me that shortly they will reach deceased residence for Corneas retrieval and Skin retrieval respectively. Dr. Jimmy kept the family updated.
After following up a few hours later Dr Jimmy got to know from Ms Y that retrieval process of Eye donation & Skin Donation has been completed. Corneas were donated to Bachooali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre,Parel and Skin was donated to RCBN Skin Bank, Airoli respectively.
Dr. Jimmy thanked all the members for supporting the cause of tissue donation and the family thanked MOHAN Foundation and also expressed his gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled.
#37:
On 23rd April 2021 around 9.00am, Dr. Jimmy Gupta received a call on the helpline from Mr.X enquiring about Eye Donation of his mother Mrs. Y who died an hour ago. The cause of death was sudden Cardiac arrest in a known case of IC bleed post-op status, IHD, Diabetes and Hypertension at Zen Hospital, Chembur.
Dr. Jimmy explained the process of Cornea Donation and Skin Donation to the patient relatives who asked sometime to discuss within the family. After sometime Dr. Jimmy spoke to patient's husband Mr.Z and daughter Ms. R regarding their decision about tissue donation. All the family members responded positively for Eyes and Skin Donation and also wished to donate Whole Body to government medical college for medical purpose. Dr. Jimmy explained to them that due to pandemic government medical colleges are not accepting Whole Body Donations at present.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Dr. Rameswari from Laxmi Eye Bank,Panvel and Ms. Seema from Masina Skin Bank, Sion and confirmed that they will reach deceased's residence for Corneas retrieval and Skin retrieval respectively. Dr. Jimmy also spoke with management of Zen Hospital to cooperate as it was getting delayed for the teams to reach the hospital. The hospital responded positively and supported the cause of tissue donation generously.
After following up a few hours later Dr. Jimmy got to know that retrieval process of Eye donation & Skin Donation has been completed. Dr. Jimmy thanked all the members for supporting the cause of tissue donation and the family thanked MOHAN Foundation and also expressed their gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled.
#38:
On 11th April 2021 at around 7 pm - Dr. Jimmy Gupta received a call from Mr. X from Anand, Gujarat son of the patient Mrs.Y 69 years old, inquiring about the possibility of eye donation. Mr.X informed that his mother passed just sometime back due to cardiac arrest at their residence.
Dr. Jimmy explained the deceased patient's son about the corneal donation process. She also explained to Mr.X that tissues like skin and bones can also be donated along with a pair of eyes in case of Natural Death & asked him would they like to donate them. The family gave consent only for eye donation.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Vision Mate Eye Bank, Gujarat who was very cooperative and confirmed to me that shortly the team will be sent to deceased residence once Death Certificate copy is shared for corneas retrieval and they locate the residence. But after 15 min Dr. Jimmy received a call from Eye Bank deferring the case as the patient residence was more than 80 kms away from their Eye Bank.
Dr. Jimmy was unable to locate Eye Bank in the local area so she took help of Mr Nilesh Mandlewala from NGO - DonateLife of Surat to notify the nearest Eye Bank in Anand Area of Gujarat. Mr. Mandlewala exchanged patient details to Sankara Eye Bank, Anand Gujarat for corneal retrieval.
After following up a few hours later Dr. Jimmy got to know from Mr.X that retrieval process of eye donation has been completed. We are very grateful to the family and to Mr. Nilesh Mandlewala for the successful cornea donation.
#39:
On 4th April 2021, at 6 pm Dr. Hemal Kanvinde, Q&A Officer answered a helpline call for a possible eye donation from Alwar, Rajasthan. She gave the information to Ms. Bhavna Jagwani, Convenor MFJCF for a followup action.
Mr.X called to say that he has lost his grandmother aged 86 years and the family was exploring on how to get cornea donation done. The death was due to cardio-respiratory failure and the entire family was COVID-19 negative.
Mrs. Bhavana spoke to the family and explained that due to the pandemic, eye-banks technicians are nor visiting homes for retrieval and apologised that the wish of the departed could not be fulfilled. She thanked the family for reaching out to us.
#40:
On April 1, 2021, Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation-Nagpur received a call from Mr.X, a resident of Pitampura, New Delhi on the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation and Transplant Toll free helpline number. He expressed his wish to donate the corneas of his uncle, Mr.Y. Mr. Bulu Behera then contacted Ms. Preeti Goswami, Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation-Delhi NCR at 02:30pm and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi.
Ms. Preeti then called Mr. X to find out the details of the patient. Mr Y was 62 years old, and died of cardiac arrest. The family heard about eye donation and decided to donate eyes of Mr.Y She explained the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Shroff Eye Center for the retrieval of corneas.
The corneas were retrieved successfully by Shroff Eye Center, Delhi at 4.30 pm. MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their gesture.
#41:
On March 28, 2021, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde (Quality Assurance Officer, MOHAN Foundation) received a call from Mr.X expressing his desire to donate the corneas of his father, Mr.X on the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation and Transplant Toll free helpline number. Dr. Hemal then contacted Dr. Muneet (Programme Manager, MOHAN Foundation, NCR office) at 03.50 am and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi.
Dr. Muneet then called up to Mr.X find out the details of the patient. Mr Y was 64 years old, and died of cardiac arrest. Many years back, he had signed up for organ and eye donation in an organ donation drive that was conducted at Maruti Motors. The family wanted to donate his organs also but were informed by Dr. Muneet that it will not be possible as he had died of circulatory death and not brain death. She further explained deceased organ donation and how it is only possible when a person is declared brain dead.
She then explained the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Guru Nanak Eye Centre for the retrieval of corneas. The corneas were retrieved successfully by Guru Nanak Eye Centre, Delhi at 5.00 am.
MOHAN Foundation salutes the donor and especially his family who were motivated especially during COVID times to go ahead with the donation.
#42:
On 27th March 2021 around 11.30 am, Dr. Jimmy Gupta received a call on helpline from Mr.X enquiring about Eye Donation. His relative Mr.Y age 67, had died at around an hour back due to sudden Cardiac arrest in known case of Coronary Artery Disease with Cardiac Failure. Mr. Y was from Bandra East, Mumbai.
Dr. Jimmy explained the process of Cornea Donation and also convinced Dr. Khot to counsel the family for Skin Donation. The family gave consent for Skin Donation also. Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Mr. Vivek from Bacchuali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre and Ms Uttkarsha from Skin Bank who were very cooperative and confirmed to me that shortly they will reach deceased residence for Corneas retrieval and Skin retrieval.
After following up a few hours later Dr. Jimmy got to know from Mr.X that retrieval process of Eye Donation and Skin Donation has been completed. Corneas were donated to Bacchuali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre and Skin was donated to National Burns Centre Skin Bank.
Dr. Jimmy thanked Mr.X and the family for supporting the cause of tissue donation and he also expressed his gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled.
#43:
On 27th March 2021, Ms. Prarthana Dwivedi received a helpline call from Mr.X about a possible cornea donation. His mother in law, Mrs. Y 79 years old had died at 4.10 pm due to Respiratory Failure with AKI on CKD in Suvidha Hospital and Polyclinic, Goregaon Mumbai. After receiving the whole information of the patient Ms.Y explained the procedure of eye donation to the relatives of the deceased.
Dr. Jimmy Gupta of Mumbai office further coordinated the case. The detailed medical history indicated cause of death as sepsis which is a contraindication for Eye Donation and skin donation. Dr. Jimmy conveyed to Mr.X that Tissue cannot be donated, but he still insisted on eyes and skin donation.
Dr. Jimmy coordinated with both Eye and Skin Banks of Mumbai but both deferred the case as it was a sepsis case. Dr. Jimmy conveyed Mr.X that even tissue donation is not possible and thanked him for supporting the cause of Organ and Tissue Donation.
#44:
On March 24, 2021, Mrs. Kavitha Aneesh received a call for a possible body donation from Chennai. An 83year old writer and Marxist had passed away due to cardiac arrest and his son wished to fulfil his inner quest to be useful to society even after death. As per his last wish, Com Mr.X family donated his body for medical research purpose.
Com. Mr.X was a Marxist Philosopher, Visionary Socialist, Socialist Transformer and an author. He had spent his entire life (for almost over 60 years) in understanding and promoting social transformation and social development through Marxist Philosophical Principles.
MOHAN Foundation thanks the family and salutes Mr.X.
#45:
In the early hours of 15th March 2021, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde received a call on the helpline from Mr.X for a possible organ donation in Nashik.
On counseling the family member, it was found that his 22 year old cousin Mr.Y had suffered an accident and was declared dead after initial treatment for a day. The family was interested in organ donation. Since the patient was not certified as brain dead the family was counseled that organ donation is not medically possible and the option of eye and skin donation was put forward.
Dr. Hemal then called Mr. Sanjay Rakibe, Transplant Coordinator of Rishikesh Hospitals in Nasik and asked him to coordinate the donation. Mr.Rakibe spoke to the family and the treating doctor and confirmed that the patient is not brain dead so tissue donation was successfully done.
Corneas were retrieved by Moonje Eyebank in Guruji Rugnalaya and skin retrieval was carried to by Dr. Nehete of Vendant Hospital.
MOHAN Foundation is grateful to Mr. Y’s family for their altruism and to Mr. Rakibe for his coordination.
#46:
On 15th March 2021 at around 9 am - Dr. Jimmy Gupta received a call from Mr. X from Kharghar, Navi Mumbai for a possible eye donation. His mother Mrs.Y 73 years old, had passed away at around 7 am at Terna Speciality Hospital & Research Centre due to Cardiogenic Shock post MI in known case HT and DM. Dr. Jimmy explained Mr.X about the corneal donation process and requested to consider skin and bone donation. Mr. Y discussed in the family about the same but got consent only for eye donation only.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Dr. Priyanka from Laxmi Eye Bank, Panvel who was very cooperative and confirmed to me that shortly the team will be sent to deceased residence for corneas retrieval..Following up a few hours later, Mr.X informed that the retrieval process of eye donation has been successfully completed. We are very grateful to the family of late Mrs. Y for supporting the cause of Organ and Tissue Donation as well as fulfilling their loved ones wish to benefit society.
#47:
On 10th February 2021, Ms. Ishwarya Thyagarajan, Helpline Executive received a call on the Helpline around 1:40 PM in the afternoon from Avadi, Chennai. The caller, Mr.X informed that a relative (his uncle) had passed away around one hour ago and the family would like to donate his eyes.The deceased, Mr. Y, aged 74 years had died of natural causes and a local doctor had already confirmed the death.
Ishwarya coordinated with Sankara Nethralaya for the retrieval. During follow-up with Ms. Z, another relative of the deceased, it came to light that the cornea retrieval was successfully done by Sankara Nethralaya and a certificate of appreciation had been given to the family.
MOHAN Foundation is grateful to the family of Mr.Y for their noble gesture.
#48:
On 2nd February 2021, Ms. Kavitha Aneesh in Trivandrum received a call on the helpline from Mr.X who seemed interested to donate his mother Mrs Y organs to the needy patients. She was admitted at MICU, Kasthuri Medicare, Bhayandar west, Mumbai in semiconscious state on 1st February 2021.
Dr. Jimmy of Mumbai office coordinated this case and spoke to ICU doctor Dr. Jaswant regarding the patient. Dr. Jaswant explained the status of the patient and informed that on investigation it was found that she had excessive brain haemorrhage with oedema in a known case of CAD and Hypertension. As the patient was suspected Brain Dead case, Dr. Jimmy spoke to ICU Doctors and Director Dr. Rakhi Aggarwal regarding the process of Brain Dead Identification, Certification then Organ donation in detail. She also informed the relatives about the procedures involved in detail.
The hospital management were ready for Organ donation after completing the procedures required as they informed Dr Jimmy they were applying for NTORC license in past and been supporting the cause of Organ and Tissue Donation since many years. The relatives were also keen for donation and told they had pledged to become Organ Donor a few years back.
Dr. Jimmy then followed up with the ICU team and received information that the patient is in Septic shock with ARF and hypotension with metabolic alkalosis which was contraindication for Organ and Tissue Donation. The patient expired next day around 8.35 am in morning. Dr. Jimmy explained to the relatives that the donation is not possible and expressed gratitude to them for supporting the cause of Organ Donation.
#49:
On 1st February 2021, Mrs. Jaya Jairam received a helpline call from Mr. Karan Shetty who shared that his uncle, Mr. Y.who had met with an accident, was admitted in D Y Patil Hospital, Navi Mumbai and was brain dead. The ICU doctors were discussing this health condition with the immediate family and the hospital authorities were counselling them to consider organ donation. Mr. X. cousin and Mr.Y.daughter, Mrs. D. was quite disturbed and unable to decide. So Mr.X reached out to MOHAN Foundation, wanting to know more and asked some questions such as -
- Will we know the identity of the Recipients?
- Is this all legal? The organs should not be misused.
He also added that he was worried as some other doctors told him that the body will be disfigured.
Mrs. Jaya explained the allocation process of deceased organ donation, the need for confidentiality between donor and Recipients and how deceased organ donation is the best solution for illegal organ trade. She also reassured him that the body does not get disfigured. Mr.X felt quite reassured and informed that he would convey to his cousin Mrs. D.He also added that he would ask Mrs. D. to speak to Mrs. Jaya in case of any clarifications.
Mrs. Jaya did not receive any calls from the Shetty family thereafter. So she followed up with D Y Patil's Transplant Coordinator and came to know that while the daughter was indecisive due to the tragedy, the donor had become unstable and even an apnoea test could not be performed. Eventually, the donor crashed.So the case was unsuccessful as the donor crashed and all the members of the family were not willing for donation.
#50:
On January 29, 2021, Ms. Pallavi Kumar received a call from Mr. Bulu Behera at 7.00 am. Bulu who had received a call on the helpline from Mr.X., wishing to donate the corneas of his late father Mr.Y. had already taken all the details from Mr.X.Since the family belonged to Gurugram, Bulu requested Ms. Pallavi to follow up.
The deceased was an 84 year old person residing in Sector 45, Gurgaon. The death occurred at 5.30 am. As many eye banks do not take corneas from those above 80 years of age, Ms. Pallavi decided to speak to the eye bank first. She called Mr Ganesh of Nirmaya Eye Bank in Gurgaon. Ganesh said that he would like to speak to the family and take history before taking a call on whether corneas will be retrieved or not.
After speaking with the family, Ganesh went to their house and retrieved the corneas at 8.45 am.
MOHAN Foundation would like to express its heartfelt gratitude to the respected departed donor and his family.
#51:
On January 6, 2021, Dr. Ravi Wankhede (Honorary Director, MOHAN Foundation, Nagpur) received a call from Mr.X. expressing his desire to donate the corneas of her daughter, Ms.Y. on the free helpline number. Dr. Ravi then contacted Dr. Muneet (Programme Manager, MOHAN Foundation, NCR Office) at 2025 hours and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi.
Dr. Muneet then called up Mr.X. to find out the details of the patient who gave the phone to the donor's uncle to take forward the case. Ms.Y . was 24 years old, and died at home because of cardiac arrest. She was a known case of Down's Syndrome.
Dr. Muneet then explained the procedure of eye donation to the father and the donor's uncle. She also shared with him that because of COVID-19, according to the guidelines laid down by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, a negative COVID-19 antigen report was required. She also shared with him that Guru Nanak Eye Centre in Delhi does the rapid antigen test on the spot and only in case of negative result, the corneas will be retrieved.
She further explained that the sample will then be taken to the eye bank where it will undergo RT PCR test. Based on the report of the RT PCR test, it will be decided how the corneas will be utilized. If the report is negative then the corneas will be utilised to give sight to the needy, if positive then the tissue will be sent to GB Pant Hospital, Delhi for research purposes.
Both the father and the uncle understood the process and requested Dr. Muneet to coordinate the process. Dr. Muneet then called up Guru Nanak Eye Centre where she was connected with Dr. Sweta who took down the details of the patient and told her that the needful will be done.
The corneas were retrieved successfully by Dr. Sweta of Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi at 9.30 pm.
On Jan 8, 2021, Dr. Muneet contacted the eye bank to find out the result of the RT PCR test and she was informed that the result was negative. She then contacted the father of the donor and shared with him that his daughter's RT PCR test had come negative and that her gift of sight will be given to those in need.
MOHAN Foundation salutes the donor and especially her family who were motivated especially during COVID times to go ahead with the donation.
#52:
On 3rd Jan 2021, Mr. P. C. Jain, counselor from MFJCF received a call about a brain death case in Pune. The patient was a 24 year old physiotherapist who had a fall and was in treatment at Divine Hospital, Pune.
Dr. Hemal Kanvinde sent the case details to Ms. Arati Gokhale, Chief Coordinator, ZTCC Pune for further action. She spoke to the treating doctor Dr. Mohit and explained that since the centre was not a retrieval centre the patient would need to be shifted to a transplant centre.
Next day Dr. Hemal spoke to Ms. Arati Gokhale and Dr. Mohit and was informed that though brain death was certified by external neurologists, the patient was extremely unstable and could not be shifted. The organ donation did not take place.
MOHAN Foundations thanks the doctors and the family members of Mr.X.for their effort in time of grief.
#53:
On 31st Dec 2020 - 10.30 am - Dr. Jimmy received a call from Mr. X (Chairman Lions Club Santacruz) from Andheri, Mumbai about a possible eye donation. His neighbor Mr. Y had died and the family was interested in donation. Dr. Jimmy spoke to the deceased’s son Mr. Z and took the details about his 73 year old father.
Dr. Jimmy counseled Mr. Z about tissues like skin and bones can also be donated along with a pair of eyes in case of natural death & asked him would they like to donate them. Mr. Z discussed the same in the family and got consent only for eye donation. Mr. X helped the family to come to the decision of donating eyes from his end and he supported the family throughout the procedure of corneas retrieval.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Mr. Vivek from Bacchuali Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre for theretrieval from the residence. Following up after a few hours later Dr. Jimmy got to know from Mr. X that retrieval process of eye donation was completed.
Mr. Z and Mr. X expressed their gratitude that so smoothly all the process got completed and their wish to donate was fulfilled.
#54:
Mrs. Kavitha Aneesh, took a call on possible brain death in Mumbai and requested Mrs. Jaya Jairam to coordinate. The call came on the helpline on 30th Nov 2020 regarding the Organ Donation of Mrs. C 65/F suffering from Brain Hemorrhage admitted at Sterling Hospital, Borivali Mumbai. Initially Dr. Jimmy received a call from Mr. J inquiring whether the Organ Donation of her aunty could be done and the process about it, Dr. Jimmy explained all the procedures in detail. Meanwhile Mrs. Jaya Jairam got connected with Mr. T who was the decision maker regarding the patient and informed him of all the procedures related to Organ Donation in detail. Mrs. Jaya kept on coordinating with the family but it was unsuccessful as the family had bad experience with the treating doctor so they had to abandon the case. Coincidently Mr. T called us in 2016 for coordinating a case for organ donation which was coordinated by Mr. Ruban Victor former staff of MOHAN Foundation, that case also was not successful as hospital administration was not keen on Donation.
Report by Dr. Jimmy Gupta
#55:
Mrs. Jaya Jairam coordinated a helpline call on 27th Nov 2020 from Mr. V regarding corneal donation of Mr. G 80/M who had Cardiac arrest at around 3 pm, he is resident of Dewas, Madhya Pradesh. Mr. G took a pledge to become Organ Donor a few days before his death with the help of his relative Mr. N. Dr. Jimmy Gupta of MOHAN Foundation had conducted an awareness session for Senior Citizens of Hiranandani Residency in coordination with Mr. N which made him support the cause of Organ Donation. Unfortunately donation was unsuccessful as Mr. S passed away at home and the COVID report was not available making it difficult for eye banks to accept. The eye banks are accepting tissues from hospitals with negative COVID results.
Report by Dr. Jimmy Gupta
#56:
On 22nd Nov 2020, at 2.00 am Dr. Hemal answered a helpline call for a possible cornea donation in Mumbai. She asked Dr. Jimmy to coordinate. Dr. Jimmy called the family and understood from Mr. A. that the deceased Mr. B. 58/M , died due to cardiac arrest at around 2 am is a resident of Andheri Mumbai. She also counseled for skin donation but the family was not willing for Skin Donation.
Dr. Jimmy then coordinated many Eye Banks for fulifilng the famil request. All the Eye Banks deferred the case and the donation was unsuccessful as the death happened at home and the COVID report was not available making it difficult for Eye Banks to accept. At present as per the guidelines the Eye Banks are accepting only tissues from Hospitals with negative COVID results.
Dr. Jimmy informed the family about the situation and regretted that their loved ones wish could not be fulfilled. Mr. A. also expressed his gratitude for the efforts trying to coordinate Eye Donation for his deceased relative.
#57:
On October 10, 2020, Dr. Hemal (QA Officer, MOHAN Foundation) received a call from Mr. R expressing his desire to donate the corneas of his father, Mr. R on the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation and Transplant Toll free helpline number. Dr. Hemal then put this message on the helpline counsellors whatsapp group requesting MOHAN Foundation Delhi team to take forward the case as the caller was from Gurugram.
Dr. Muneet then called up Mr. R and took the details of the patient. Mr. R, 59 years old, died at home. He was an old case of CAD (Coronary Artery Disease) and post PTCA (Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty). In the hospital he was declared, brought in dead.
Dr. Muneet then explained the procedure of eye donation to the son. She also shared with him that because of COVID-19, according to the guidelines laid down by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, a negative COVID-19 antigen report was required. The son replied that he was sure that his father did not have COVID and was not sure whether after death a test would be feasible. The conversation ended with Dr. Muneet saying that she would get back to him after consulting with Gurugram's eye bank.
Mr. Ganesh, Technician, Niramaya Eye Bank, Gurugram was contacted who said that the negative report was mandatory. In the meantime, the son contacted Dr. Muneet again and shared that the hospital was willing to do the test. The test was done in Pratiksha (a non-COVID) hospital and the result came out to be negative.
The corneas were retrieved successfully by Y.P.N. Niramaya Eye Bank, Gurugram.
MOHAN Foundation salutes the donor and especially his family who were motivated especially during present difficult COVID times to go ahead with the donation.
#58:
On 10th October 2020, Dr. Jimmy Gupta received a call on the helpline from Mrs. P from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh seeking help for her husband Mr. S has been suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) since 2017.
She also narrated some of the tragic and unfortunate instances that led them to survive on the generosity of their relatives. Dr. Jimmy explained the line of treatment for his husband intimating her the urgent need of Blood Transfusion, AV fistula operation and initiation of Dialysis.
MOHAN Foundation staff found three dialysis centres and provided the information to Mrs. P. Considering the deteriorating health of the patient, Dr. Jimmy counselled her and told to immediately admit the patient in Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital Rewa M.P. for an urgent Blood Transfusion. Dr. Yogesh Shukla (Founder of NGO, Asha Cancer Center) who is Radiologist in the same hospital and Mr. Ahsan Ullah Ansari, Executive Member of Network and Alliance of Transplant Coordinators (NATCO) assisted the family to get the Ayushman card and helped the patient to get the fistula and dialysis in Rewa.
Mr. S and his family is very thankful to MOHAN Foundation and showed their immense gratitude to the Foundation and the spirit of the members working on the ground level and lending a helping hand they can trust and rely on completely. MOHAN Foundation wishes him luck and are hopeful he gets on dialysis regularly and recovers well.
#59:
On 1st October 2020, a call was received by Dr. Bhanu Prakash for possible tissue donation from Hyderabad. Mrs. X informed that her brother had passed away due to cardiac arrest at KIMS hospital. He had written in his diary that he wished to donate his corneas and his body.
The deceased, Mr. Y was a retired civil engineer worked in Coal India Private Company and was staying at Madhapur Hyderabad. His wife is home maker and their son resides in US.
Dr. Bhanu Prakash coordinated the donation, corneas were retrieved by Vasan Eye Bank and body was donated to Osmania medical government college.
MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their noble gesture.
#60:
On 23rd September 2020, around 5.20 pm call received from Mr. Masking about the procedures related to Whole Body Donation as he was keen to donate his relative Mr H’s body to the government medical college for study and research purposes. Mr.H was 80 years old and admitted in Leelavati Hospital Mumbai was a case of IC bleed admitted on 21st September 2020 morning and was declared brain dead. The relatives were informed about the same and they were willing to donate organs also but suddenly the patient had cardiac arrest on Wednesday afternoon and the patient was revived by resuscitation but his prognosis was very poor and the patient was sinking.
Dr. Jimmy Gupta spoke to Mr. M explaining the procedures related to Whole Body Donation and assured him that she will coordinate with all the medical colleges for the same. She also encouraged the relative for eye,skin and bone donation. But the relative emphasized on only Whole Body Donation at first.
Then Dr. Jimmy inquired KEM Hospital, LTMGH Sion Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi Medical College Kalwa, MGM hospital and few other medical colleges but was unsuccessful as no hospital accepted the body as the procedure of embalming is kept closed amid COVID pandemic which is necessary for Whole Body preservation.Dr Jimmy informed the family about the situation and regretted that their loved ones wish could not be fulfilled.
At around 9.30 pm Mr. M again called Dr Jimmy to inform her that the patient died and he wished to donate Eyes and Skin of the deceased. Dr. Jimmy coordinated with few Eye Banks but they deferred the case as the patient was more than 72 hours on ventilator which is an contraindication for cornea retrieval. Dr. Jimmy coordinated with a few Skin Banks but some were not functional amid COVID pandemic. But RCBN Skin Bank, National Burns Centre, Airoli is functional and accepts Skin Donations; so they were called for the retrieval. Thus Skin Donation was Successful and Skin was donated to RCBN Skin Bank,Airoli. We are very grateful towards the gesture of Mr. M who had been keen on supporting the cause of Organ and Tissue Donation fulfilling their loved ones wish to benefit the society.
#61:
On 22nd September 2020, around 9.30 pm call received a call on helpline from Mr. H who was son of the expired patient who contacted to know about the procedure of Eye and Skin Donation. Dr. Jimmy Gupta contacted Mr. H and explained the procedures related to Eye and Skin Donation. She enquired about the exact cause of death and COVID test report but Mr H was unable to explain the cause of death.
So Dr. Jimmy called Swapna Health Center, Ghatkopar ICU and spoke to Dr Ganguly to know about the exact cause of death and COVID test report.The ICU Doctor informed that the mentioned 79 years old patient died at 9.15 pm had Cardiac Arrest in known case of LVEF and the COVID test report was negative. So Dr Jimmy intimated both Eye and Skin Bank and told them to keep their teams ready for Eye and Skin Retrieval. In the meantime Dr. Jimmy received a message from Mr H that the family is now not keen Eye and Skin Donation as there is a difference of opinions amongst relatives regarding the donation and they want to proceed with the funeral of the deceased.
Dr. Jimmy again called Swapna Health Center, Ghatkopar ICU and spoke to another relative Mr A (deceased person was his uncle) and explained the procedure and importance of Eye and Skin Donation. She explained that their gesture of donating Corneas and Skin can benefit many people. Mr. A understood and assured he will surely discuss with his cousin and try to convince him for Eye and Skin Donation of his father.
After sometime Dr. Jimmy received a message from Mr. Hthat the Son refused both Eye and Skin Donation of the deceased person and they want to proceed with the funeral of the deceased. Dr. Jimmy acknowledged the situation and informed both Eye and Skin Bank regarding the Refusal for Donation,thus Unsuccessful case. Mr H and Mr. Aalso expressed his gratitude to MOHAN Foundation for the efforts trying to coordinate Eye Donation & Skin Donation.
#62:
On 29th July 2020 around 7.05 pm, Ms. Kavitha took a call for a possible eye donation in Punjab. The message was sent to our Chandigarh office to coordinate. Ms. Neha Sharma got the message to coordinate for eye donation of Mr. Jwho was at Patiala. He died at home due to old age.
Ms. Neha spoke to his son, Mr. S who gave details about the patient Mr. J. Ms. Neha coordinated with many eye banks in Patiala but all eye banks in Patiala refused the case due to COVID -19 Pandemic. Since the deceased was 85 years old so the donation did not take place.
Finally as due to COVID-19 pandemic & eye banks were not accepting Eye Donation. Ms. Neha informed the family about the situation and regretted that their loved ones wish could not be fulfilled. MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their effort in reaching to us for the donation.
#63:
On 8th July 2020, around 8.45pm a call was received by Mr Bulu Bahera to coordinate for Eye Donation & Whole Body Donation of Mrs A who was admitted at Kashiben Mangaldas Trust - Shree Mangal Nursing Home,Santacruz. Mr Bulu then forwarded us the details of the mentioned case. Dr Jimmy then coordinated the case as the patient was from the Mumbai region.
Dr Jimmy spoke to Mr B who gave details about the patient Mrs Awho had expired at around 7.15pm due to Cardiogenic Shock in a known case of Diabetes Mellitus and her family wishes to donate Eyes & Whole Body to medical fraternity.
Dr Jimmy then coordinated with many Eye Banks of Western & Central Mumbai but all eye banks deferred the case due to COVID-19 pandemic. She then coordinated with Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital Sion, Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Kalwa Thane and Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals Byculla Anatomy Department but they were closed. Then Dr Jimmy coordinated with CMO's of all the GMCs for whole body donation but they also deferred the Whole Body Donation amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Finally as due to COVID-19 pandemic Eye Banks & GMCs were not accepting Eye Donation & Whole Body Donation, Dr Jimmy informed the family about the situation and regretted that their loved ones wish could not be fulfilled. Mr B also expressed his gratitude for the efforts trying to coordinate Eye Donation & Whole Body Donation.
#64:
On March 17, 2020 Dr. Muneet responded to a message written by Mr. P. C. Jain (Counsellor MOHAN Foundation Jaipur Citizen Forum, MFJCF) on Toll Free Helpline whatsapp group requesting to coordinate a body donation in Rajkot situated in Saurashtra region in Gujarat. Mr. Jain had received a call on MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation Toll free helpline from Mr. J, son of Mr. K expressing a desire to donate the body of his father who was on his deathbed.
Dr. Muneet contacted Shatayu's Ms. Bhavna Chhabria requesting her to coordinate the donation since MOHAN Foundation does not have a presence in the state of Gujarat. Shatayu is an NGO working in the field of organ donation in Ahmedabad. Ms Bhavna then informed Dr. Muneet that the son wanted information on body donation so that the needful can be done as and when death happens.
On March 18, Mr. K expired at 4 am and Mr. J called Shatayu's counsellor to coordinate body donation of his late father. Unfortunately body donation could not happen as the medical college refused for reasons not known.
The counsellor then tried for eye donation which were successfully retrieved by Jaytakya Hospital in Rajkot.
MOHAN Foundation salutes the donor and his family for this noble gesture.
#65:
On March 11, 2020 Dr. Muneet received a call from Ms. Nat 0850 hours expressing a desire to donate the corneas of her late mother in law, Ms. G. The death had occurred at 0630 hours. She had called the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation Toll free helpline and received Muneet's number from Dr. Hemal (QA Officer, MOHAN Foundation).
Dr. Muneet took the details of the patient from the daughter in law and found out that the age of the patient was more than 89 years old. She then explained to the daughter that there was a probability of the corneas not being utilised to give sight to someone but may be used for research purposes. The daughter after listening to Dr. Muneet gave consent for eye donation.
Dr. Muneet then contacted Mr. Jagdish, the technician at ICare Hospital, Noida who responded promptly and the corneas were retrieved at 1100 hours.
MOHAN Foundation salutes the donor and her family for this noble gesture.
#66:
On March 04, 2020, Ms Pallavi Kumar received a call from Mr Bulu Behera regarding a call on the helpline from Mr J, SHO of the Kalyanpuri Police Station. He wanted to speak to someone senior from the Delhi office. Bulu had shared Ms Pallavi’s number with him.
As soon as this call got over, Pallavi received a call from Mr Yadav. He informed her that he had been approached by Apollo Hospital Delhi regarding an accident case last evening where the family had agreed for organ donation. He said that he did not understand what his role in the matter was and therefore had refused to give the ‘NOC’ as it wasn’t something he could take responsibility for. Pallavi explained to him in detail regarding organ donation in a Medico Legal Case and the role of the police and the forensic He asked some more questions that were addresses. Other such cases were shared with him as well. Pallavi encouraged him to support the hospital and the family and that it would enable him to do a very noble deed and save many lives.
In half an hour, Pallavi received a call from the Transplant Coordinator at Apollo saying that SHO had called her back and had asked her to proceed with the case and had offered his complete support. Sadly the brain dead potential donor had sepsis and the donation could not be taken forward.
This was a very unique call as it is for the first time that the helpline had received a call from a policeman. While he had refused to cooperate the previous day, he was not convinced about his decision and he searched online to find the MOHAN Foundation helpline and called to get greater clarity. This really demonstrates the expanding role the helpline is beginning to play.
#67:
On 23rd January 2020 - 12 pm - Dr. Jimmy received a call from Mr. Mahesh Narvekar from Admin Dept of Civil Hospital Gangakhed, Parbhani seeking help in coordinating Whole Body Donation of 65yrs old Mr. B as family is willing for donation. He informed that Patient died just an hour back due to Cardiac Arrest in known case of COPD.
She asked him if they would like to do whole body donation in nearby medical college in Nanded or in Ambejogai for medical & research purposes. Mr. Mahesh Narvekar gave Dr. Hemant Mundhe (Medical Superintendent) contact for further coordination.
Meanwhile Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Dr. Shailesh, HOD Anatomy from Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Medical College, Ambajogai and Dr. Shridhar D. Yennawar (Associate Professor & Coordinator) from Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College & Hospital - Vishnupuri, Nanded who was very cooperative and gave contact of HOD Anatomy Dr. Vaishali Inamdar. So, Dr. Jimmy coordinated with Dr. Shailesh and Dr. Vaishali Inamdar and gave her patient details.
After following later Dr. Jimmy got to know from Dr. Hemant Mundhe (Medical Superintendent) that process of Whole Body Donation has been completed in Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Medical College, Ambajogai as it was nearest medical college. Dr. Hemant Mundhe expressed gratitude towards us for coordinating Whole Body Donation and wish of family to donate was fulfilled.
#68:
On 1st January 2020, early morning, Dr. Hemal received a helpline call from Dr. S from Jajpur District of Odisha about a possible voluntary body donation. Dr. Swas trying for cornea and body donation of his uncle who has passed away at night. She took the details of the caller and the case and sent a message to Mr. Subroto Sahoo, Transplant Coordinator of Apollo Hospital Bhubaneshwar.
Mr. Sahoo, then contacted the anatomy department of Srirama Chandra Bhanja (SCB) Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack and an ambulance was sent for voluntary body donation.
The donor, Mr. A was a noted poet and editor of Trutiyapada an Odiya monthly magazine, a conservationist, who has afforested barren hills in his village of Chandikhol. He was well known for his social welfare activities and had discussed organ and body donation with his family. His wife, son Mr. S and nephew Dr. Swere able to fulfil his wish.
MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr. Subrota Sahoo Transplant Coordinator at Apollo Hospital Bhubaneshwar for the coordination and the family of Mr. Sfor their decision for body donation.
His story has been recorded : https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2493083517614994&id=100007401095759
https://localwire.me/poet-donates-body-to-medical-college-for-research/
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