#6:

On October 21, 2024, at approximately 4:15 AM, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde, QA Officer at MOHAN Foundation, received a call on the Foundation’s 24/7 helpline from Kheri Sapra, Haryana. The caller, Mr. X, the grandson of the deceased, informed Dr. Hemal that his grandfather, Mr. Y, had passed away around 3:30 AM due to natural causes associated with aging. Understanding the urgency, Dr. Hemal forwarded the contact information of Mr. Sanchit Arora, Project Leader at MOHAN Foundation stationed at Rishikesh to coordinate the corneal donation process.

Shortly after, around 4:30 AM, Mr. X contacted Mr. Sanchit, expressing the family’s wish to donate Mr. Y’s corneas. Mr. Sanchit gathered all necessary information for the donation and learned that Mr. Y was 87 years old, which did not meet the standard criteria for corneal donations. Still, committed to exploring all options, Mr. Sanchit reached out to Ms. Simran Anand, Program Officer at MOHAN Foundation, NCR, to help identify an eye bank that might accept the donation.

Ms. Simran and Mr. Sanchit contacted several eye banks, but due to the age of the deceased, each eye bank unfortunately declined. The National Eye Bank at AIIMS Delhi, however, offered an alternative: to use the corneas for research purposes, which would contribute to ophthalmology and benefit future patients. The family, however, declined this option, as they preferred the corneas to be used directly for transplantation rather than research.

During the discussion, the possibility of skin donation was also presented to the family, but they respectfully declined.

 

Note: The names of the caller and the deceased have not been disclosed in accordance with the family’s wishes.

Report by – Mr. Sanchit Arora

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#7:

On October 14, 2024, at around 9:10 PM, Mr. Sachin Mehta, a resident of Ghatkopar, Mumbai contacted the MOHAN Foundation (MF) helpline to facilitate a Body donation for his 73-year-old father, Mr. Mahesh Mehta

Ms. Kavita an MF Helpline Counsellor, received the call and promptly shared Mr. Sachin Mehta’s contact details with the MF Helpline WhatsApp Group. Upon seeing the message, Ms. Prarthana quickly reached out to the family to gather more information and coordinate the donation.

Ms. Prarthana from the Mumbai Team, was ready to offer support. Ms. Prarthana reached out to Mr. Sachin with compassion, gathering details about Mr. Mehta’s life and gently guiding the family through the body donation process. The family appreciated the information but needed time to discuss such a significant decision among themselves.

After a brief period of contemplation, Ms. Prarthana spoke to Dr Shaheen Rizvi, the Head of the Anatomy Department at K.M. Somaiya Hospital in Sion, who graciously agreed to accept the donation. However, just a short while later, Mr. Sachin called Ms. Prarthana back, his voice heavy with emotion. He explained that the family had decided against proceeding with the donation, citing concerns about the process’s complexity and differing opinions among family members.

Though the outcome was not what everyone had hoped for, it was a moment of deep reflection for the family, grappling with their loss and the weight of their decision. While the case ultimately remained unsuccessful, it highlighted the love and respect they held for Mr. Mehta and the significance of family discussions during such a challenging time.

 

Report by – Ms. Prarthana

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#8:

On October 13, 2024, at 9:30 p.m., Mr. Ashish Gupta called the MOHAN Foundation (MF) helpline to initiate a tissue donation for his 94-year-old uncle, Mr. Telu Ram Garg. Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinator, MF Nagpur, took the call and promptly provided Mr. Ashish with the contact information of Ms. Sanya Santosh, Programme Officer, NCR. Since Mr. Ashish was coordinating his family's second tissue donation case, he was already acquainted with Ms. Sanya; the NCR team had coordinated a similar donation for another uncle, Mr. Rajendra Arya, in September 2024. He quickly contacted Ms. Sanya and shared all the necessary details.

 

Ms. Sanya then requested that Mr. Ashish connect her with Mr. Satish, Mr. Telu Ram's son. Mr. Satish informed Ms. Sanya that his father had passed away from age-related ailments after being hospitalized for a few days. He had recently been moved back to their residence, where he passed peacefully around 8:15 p.m. While gathering information for the corneal donation, Ms. Sanya noted that Mr. Telu Ram’s advanced age might impact the feasibility of this type of donation. She consulted with local eye banks to confirm whether a corneal donation was possible.

 

After contacting several eye banks, Ms. Sanya informed Mr. Satish that corneal donation was unfortunately not an option. She then suggested the alternative of skin donation, which the family agreed to pursue. Ms. Sanya also inquired whether the deceased had any bed sores, sepsis, or a history of communicable diseases. Mr. Satish confirmed that his father had developed bed sores due to prolonged bed rest.

 

Ms. Sanya forwarded this information to Dr. Vincent John, Senior Nursing Officer In-Charge at VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. Dr. John, mindful of the contraindications associated with skin donation, assured her that the skin would be retrieved solely from Mr. Telu Ram’s thighs to avoid areas affected by bed sores. Dr. John then coordinated with the hospital’s skin bank team to arrange for the donation.

 

By 1:30 a.m. on October 14, 2024, the skin harvesting procedure was successfully completed.

 

MOHAN Foundation extends its heartfelt gratitude to the family of Mr. Telu Ram Garg for their generous act of donation. We also thank the Safdarjung Skin Bank, New Delhi, for their timely assistance and coordination.

Report by – Sanya Santhosh

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#9:

On October 3, 2024, at 11:30 a.m., Mr. Nirav Mehta a resident of Kandivali, Mumbai, contacted the MOHAN Foundation (MF) helpline to facilitate a corneal and Body donation for his 85-year-old his relative, Mr. Mohan Gandhi.

Dr Anita Hada an MF Helpline Counsellor, received the call and promptly shared Mr. Nirav’s contact details with the MF Helpline WhatsApp Group. Upon seeing the message, Ms. Prarthana quickly reached out to the family to gather more information and coordinate the donation.

Mr. Nirav Mehta informed Ms. Prarthana that his relative Mr. Mohan Gandhi passed away on October 3, 2024, at 10:30 am due to cardio-respiratory failure. Ms. Prarthana inquired about his medical history, particularly any infectious or communicable diseases, and Mr. Kalpesh son of Mr. Mohan Gandhi confirmed that due to paralysis and had developed bedsores.

Despite these challenges, Ms. Prarthana liaised with the Eye Bank of Rotary Borivali and the Anatomy Department of Cooper Hospital, both of which agreed to accept the donation for study purposes, despite the condition of the bedsores.

However, just 15 minutes later, Mr. Kalpesh, Mr. Gandhi’s son, called Ms. Prarthana to communicate the family’s decision. He explained that many members of their society, as well as senior citizens within the family, were opposed to the donation, and they ultimately decided not to proceed.

While this case did not result in a successful donation, it underscored the emotional complexities surrounding such decisions during a time of grief. The family’s love for Mr. Gandhi was palpable, even as they navigated their loss.

 

Report by – Ms. Prarthana

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#10:

On the evening of October 2, 2024, Ms. Gauri Diwakar, a resident of Dilshad Garden, Delhi,reached out to the MOHAN Foundation helpline at 8:30 p.m. to fulfill her 73-year-old father-in-law’s last wish. Mr. Ramesh Arora had suffered a cardiac arrest earlier that afternoon and was declared dead at 5:30 p.m. at the nearest hospital. In the midst of their grief, the family remained determined to honour his desire to donate his eyes.

Ms. Gauri’s call was answered by Mr. Sanchit Arora, Project Leader at the MOHAN Foundation’s Rishikesh office, who promptly forwarded her contact details to Ms. Simran Anand, Programme Officer at MOHAN Foundation NCR, to coordinate the donation. Ms. Simran swiftly reached out to the family, expressing her condolences and gathering all necessary details for the eye donation.

Understanding the urgency of the situation, Ms. Simran contacted Mr. Jagdish, Coordinator at ICARE Eye Bank in Noida. Unfortunately, due to the national holiday, the availability of technicians presented a challenge. Nevertheless, Mr. Jagdish, demonstrating perseverance,reached out to the Guru Nanak Eye Bank in New Delhi, which successfully arranged for the corneas to be retrieved at 10:45 p.m.

During this time, the family was also approached regarding the possibility of skin donation.However, they respectfully declined. The MOHAN Foundation commends the Arora family for their noble gesture in donating Mr.Arora’s eyes and extends deep gratitude to the Guru Nanak Eye Bank for their dedication in ensuring a successful retrieval. By honouring Mr. Arora's wish, his legacy will continue to bring the gift of sight to others in need.

 

 

 

Report by – Ms. Simran Anand

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#11:

On October 2, 2024 at 09:00 a.m., Mrs. Sunita Padwal a resident of Kandivali, Mumbai contacted the MOHAN Foundation (MF) helpline to facilitate a Body donation for her 73-year-old brother-in-law, Mr. Ramesh Chandrakant Padwal. Ms. Sanya, an MF Helpline Counsellor, received the call and promptly shared Mrs. Sunita Padwal 's contact details with the MF Helpline WhatsApp Group. Upon seeing the message, Ms. Prarthana quickly reached out to the family to gather more information and coordinate the donation.

Mrs. Sunita Padwal informed Ms. Prarthana that her brother-in-law Mr. Ramesh passed away on October 1, 2024, at 11:30 PM due to cardio-respiratory failure. Ms. Prarthana inquired about her medical history, particularly any infectious or communicable diseases, and Mrs. Sunita confirmed that there were none.

Ms. Prarthana contacted Mrs. Sunita immediately and provided detailed information on eye, skin, and body donation procedures. During their conversation, Mrs. Sunita shared that Mr. Ramesh Chandrakant Padwal had pledged his body a decade ago and frequently reminded her and his brothers to honour his last wish. She always carried a printout of his donor card in her purse – she fondly recalled.

On October 1, 2024 at 11.30 pm Mr. Ramesh Chandrakant Padwal passed away. Despite his death from Cardio Respiratory Failure, so Mrs. Sunita Padwal (sister on law) and family took a decision for body donation and Ms. Prarthana coordinated with KEM Hospital to facilitate this, ensuring that Mr. Ramesh Chandrakant Padwal’s body would contribute to medical education and research.

Mrs. Sunita Padwal praised MOHAN Foundation's work.

So, this was a successful case of Body Donation.

MOHAN Foundation sincerely thanks Mrs. Sunita Padwal’s family for their generous donation and extends its appreciation to KEM Hospital for their timely assistance.

 

Report by – Ms. Prarthana

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#12:

 

On October 1, 2024, at 1:30 a.m., Mr. Prashant Gandhi, a resident of Khadki, Pune contacted the MOHAN Foundation (MF) helpline to facilitate a corneal and Body donation for his 64-year-old brother-in-law Mr. Sanchit an MF Helpline Counsellor, received the call and promptly shared Mr. Prashant’s contact details with the MF Helpline WhatsApp Group. Upon seeing the message, Ms. Prarthana quickly reached out to the family to gather more information to coordinate the donation.

Mr. Prashant Gandhi informed Ms. Prarthana that her brother-in-law Mr. Sanjay Bora, a 64-year-old resident of Pune He passed away on October 1, 2024, at 11:30 PM due to septic shock and a known acute kidney infection.

Following this, Ms. Prarthana contacted the Eye Bank and Anatomy department at Sassoon Hospital to facilitate the donation. Unfortunately, due to Mr. Bora's septic shock and kidney infection, both the Eye Bank team and the Anatomy Department informed her that they could not accept the donation.

Ms. Prarthana conveyed this difficult news to Mr. Prashant Gandhi, expressing her sincere regrets that their loved one’s wishes could not be fulfilled. She thanked the Gandhi and Bora families for their willingness to consider such a generous act during a challenging time. Mr. Prashant, despite the circumstances, expressed his gratitude to the MOHAN Foundation and to Ms. Prarthana for her efforts during the night to coordinate the donation process for his deceased relative.

 

 

Report by – Ms. Prarthana

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#13:

On September 28, 2024, at 3:15 AM, Mr. Sanchit Arora, Project Leader at MOHAN Foundation stationed at AIIMS Rishikesh, received a call on the Foundation’s 24/7 helpline from Mr. Abhishek Mehta. Mr. Mehta informed Mr. Arora that his father-in-law, Mr. Suresh Bhai T. Shah, had recently passed away and could be a potential corneal donor.

Mr. Arora inquired about Mr. Shah’s medical history, specifically asking whether he had any infectious or communicable diseases. Mr. Mehta confirmed that his father-in-law had passed away naturally due to age-related causes and had no such medical conditions. Mr. Arora then provided the family with the necessary information regarding corneal donation and also informed them about the possibility of skin donation, though the family chose to proceed with only the corneal donation.

Mr. Arora promptly contacted Mr. Gautam Mazmudar from the C.S. Samariya Red Cross International Eye Bank, Thaltej, Ahmedabad, to facilitate the donation. The eye bank team arrived at the designated location and successfully retrieved the corneas at 5:00 AM.

At the age of 76, Mr. Suresh Bhai T. Shah gave the priceless gift of sight to two individuals through corneal donation.

The MOHAN Foundation extends its deepest gratitude to Mr. Suresh Bhai T. Shah’s family for their generosity in this moment of loss. We also wish to express our sincere appreciation to the C.S. Samariya Red Cross International Eye Bank for their prompt and efficient coordination in making this donation possible.

Report by – Mr Sanchit Arora

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#14:

On September 11, 2024, Mr Ganesh C, Marketing Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation received a helpline call at 01:30 p.m., for eye donation in Chennai. r Sasikumar  said his mother, Ms Rani (63) had passed away  and he wished to donate her eyes. Mr Ganesh contacted Sankara Nethralaya and informed about the donation and linked them up with Mr Sasikumar.

Corneas were successfully retrieved at 3.10 p.m by Sankara Nethralaya, MOHAN Foundation sincerely thanks Mr Sasikumar  and family for the noble thought.

Report by – Mr Ganesh C

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#15:

On September 14, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., Mr. Manish Jain, a resident of Uttam Nagar, Delhi, contacted the MOHAN Foundation (MF) helpline to facilitate a corneal donation for his 80-year-old grandmother, Ms. Sarbati Jain. Ms. Parul Bishnoi, an MF Helpline Counsellor, received the call and promptly shared Mr. Manish's contact details with the MF Helpline WhatsApp Group. Upon seeing the message, Ms. Sanya quickly reached out to the family to gather more information and coordinate the donation.

Mr. Manish informed Ms. Sanya that his grandmother had collapsed at home and was taken to B.M. Gupta Hospital in Uttam Nagar, where she was declared dead at 10:30 a.m. by a registered medical practitioner. After learning that the family would bring Ms. Sarbati back home following the necessary formalities, Ms. Sanya inquired about her medical history, particularly any infectious or communicable diseases, and Mr. Manish confirmed that there were none.

Considering Ms. Sarbati's age, Ms. Sanya requested some time to consult with eye banks to determine if corneal donation was feasible. She also suggested the option of skin donation, but the family declined. Ms. Sanya then contacted several eye banks, which all declined due to the deceased's age. Finally, she reached out to Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital Eye Bank in Daryaganj, New Delhi, which approved the corneal donation. The eye bank team successfully retrieved the corneas at around 2:30 p.m. on September 14, 2024.

MOHAN Foundation sincerely thanks Ms. Sarbati Jain's family for their generous donation and extends its appreciation to Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital Eye Bank for their timely assistance.

Report by – Ms Sanya Santhosh

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#16:

On September 11, 2024, Mr Ganesh C, Marketing Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation received a helpline call at 11:00 a.m., from Dr Brindha. She received a call from the TN Police, stating that her brother Mr Paulraj, met with an accident on August 22, 2024 and had his last breath at Rajiv Gandhi General Government Hospital (RGGGH), Chennai, and to claim his body from the mortuary. Dr Brindha wanted to donate her brother’s body to Madras Medical College (MMC) and requested help as per Mr Paulraj wish.

Mr Paulraj is a multifaceted individual who has made significant contributions in various fields. He was a Social Worker, Philosopher, Humanist, Actor and Spiritual Exponent. As a social worker he worked marginalized communities advocating for their rights and empowerment. He fostered community buildings and social cohesion. He was engaged in initiatives for education and healthcare, and worked in promoting organ donation and transplantation in association with MOHAN Foundation and TRANSTAN.

Mr. Ganesh C, contacted Mr Pon Raj, Transplant Coordinator, RGGGH, for support and he gave the contact of Dr Arun Kumar, Anatomy dept, MMC.  Mr Ganesh, passed on the contact details of Dr Arun Kumar to Dr Brindha for coordination.

On follow-up Dr Brindha, informed that an autopsy was done on Mr Paulraj’s body hence the whole-body donation did not happen, and Paulraj’s body was taken to his native Tiruchirappalli and cremated.

MOHAN Foundation sincerely thanks Dr Brindha and Mr Paulraj’s family for their efforts in the noble thought.

Report by – Mr Ganesh C

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#17:

Mr. Arun Aggarwal from Janakpuri, New Delhi, called the MF helpline on September 11, 2024, at 4:10 AM to donate the eyes of his 85-year-old mother, Ms. Brij Bala Aggarwal, who passed away at around 2:45 AM due to an age-related health issue. Mr. Arun’s call was answered by Mr. Sanchit Arora, Project Leader at MF Rishikesh, who forwarded Mr. Arun’s contact information to Ms. Sanya Santosh, Programme Officer at MF NCR. Ms. Sanya promptly contacted the family to coordinate the donation and gather relevant details.

 

Mr. Arun informed Ms. Sanya that, despite his mother’s history of breast carcinoma, she had died of natural causes. He also mentioned that his mother had pledged to be a corneal donor and frequently reminded her family to honour her last wish. “She always carried her donor card to motivate others for this noble cause.” Ms. Sanya then inquired if his mother was on any medication for cancer, to which Mr. Arun confirmed that his mother only had age-related issues. Additionally, Ms. Sanya offered the option of skin donation, which the family declined.

 

Ms. Sanya then contacted Mr. Suresh from Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital - Eye Bank, Daryaganj, New Delhi, for the corneal donation. At 6:15 AM on September 11, 2024, Mr. Suresh and his team successfully facilitated the corneal donation. The 85-year-old donor restored sight to two people through corneal donation.

 

The MOHAN Foundation extends its heartfelt gratitude to Ms. Brij Bala Aggarwal’s family for their generous donation. We also thank Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital for their timely coordination.

Report by – Ms. Sanya Santosh

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#18:

On September 3, 2024, at approximately 7:15 PM, Mr. Sanchit Arora, Project Leader at MOHAN Foundation stationed at AIIMS Rishikesh, received a call on the Foundation's 24/7 helpline from Mr. Ashish Gupta. Mr. Gupta was calling on behalf of his cousin, Mr. Pradeep Arya, whose father, Mr. Rajendra Arya, had recently passed away. Mr. Gupta informed Mr. Arora that his uncle, Mr. Rajendra, might be a potential corneal donor.

 

Mr. Arora requested that Mr. Gupta connect him with Mr. Pradeep Arya, Mr. Rajendra’s son. During their conversation, Mr. Pradeep Arya explained that his father had passed away at home due to old age. They had taken him to Green City Hospital, Greater Noida, where he was declared brought dead by a Registered Medical Practitioner. Mr. Arora inquired about Mr. Rajendra Arya's medical history, specifically regarding any infectious or communicable diseases. Mr. Arya confirmed that his father had passed away naturally due to aging, without any such conditions.

 

Mr. Arya then inquired about the types of donations that could be made at that time. Mr. Arora informed the family that both corneal and skin donations were possible. Initially, the family agreed to proceed with corneal donation but requested time to consider skin donation, as Mr. Pradeep Arya was uncertain. Mr. Arora provided guidance on how to preserve the corneas to prevent them from drying. After supplying the necessary information, Mr. Arora contacted ICare Eye Bank, Noida, to inform them of the potential eye donation, the patient's medical history, and the cause of death.

 

A short while later, the family confirmed that they also wished to proceed with skin donation. Mr. Arora then reached out to Ms. Sanya Santosh, Programme Officer at MOHAN Foundation in NCR, requesting her assistance in facilitating the skin donation. Ms. Sanya coordinated with Dr. Vincent John, Senior Nursing Officer In-Charge at VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. Dr. John promptly contacted the skin bank staff at the hospital to arrange the skin donation.

 

By 11:00 PM, the retrieval process for both corneal and skin donations were successfully completed.

 

MOHAN Foundation extends its heartfelt gratitude to the family of Mr. Rajendra Arya for their generous act of donation. We also thank ICare Eye Bank, Noida, and Safdarjung Skin Bank, New Delhi, for their timely coordination.

Report by – Mr. Sanchit Arora,

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#19:

Around 8:21 AM on August 2, 2024, Ms. Sanya Santosh, Programme Officer at the MF NCR office, received a call on the Foundation's 24/7 helpline from Mr. Amit Desai. Mr. Desai was calling on behalf of his neighbour, Mr. Manoj Kumar Jain, whose mother had passed away and was identified as a potential corneal donor.

Ms. Sanya requested Mr. Amit to connect her with Mr. Manoj, Shakuntala’s son. Mr. Manoj informed Ms. Sanya that, despite his mother's history of cardiac-related health problems and diabetes, she had died of natural causes. Ms. Sanya then asked Mr. Manoj if the deceased had ever been exposed to any communicable diseases, to which he replied that her health problems were solely age-related. Ms. Sanya advised the family on basic precautions to preserve the corneas from dryness. After providing all the necessary information, she contacted Mr. Naresh at Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi. Mr. Naresh inquired whether the deceased had been hospitalized in the previous few days or diagnosed with septicaemia, and Ms. Sanya confirmed that Mrs. Shakuntala had no such medical history. At 12:05 PM on August 2, 2024, Mr. Naresh and his team successfully facilitated the corneal donation.

MOHAN Foundation extends its heartfelt gratitude to the family of Mrs. Shakuntala for their generous donation. We also thank Guru Nanak Eye Centre for their timely coordination.

Report by – Ms. Sanya Santosh

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#20:

Mr. Hitesh Saini from Bahadurgarh, Haryana, called the MF helpline on July  20, 2024, at 12:45 a.m. to donate the eyes of his 80-year-old mother, Ms. Sunder Devi, who passed away at midnight on July 19, 2024, due to a sudden cardiac arrest. Mr. Hitesh’s call was answered by Mr. Sanchit Arora, Project Leader at MF Rishikesh, who forwarded Mr. Hitesh’s contact information to Ms. Simran Anand, Programme Officer at MF NCR. Ms. Simran promptly contacted the family to coordinate the donation and gather relevant details.

Mr. Hitesh informed that his mother had a history of cardiac issues, had been in critical condition for the past 10 days, and was admitted to a hospital on the day of her death. The family wished to honour their mother’s final wish by donating her eyes. However, due to her age, eye donation was not possible. Ms. Simran counselled them on skin donation, which they agreed to.

Ms. Simran subsequently reached out to Mr. Vincent John, Coordinator at Safdarjung Skin Bank in New Delhi, to discuss both skin and eye donations, given the family’s strong desire for eye donation. Mr. John contacted the Eye Bank at Safdarjung Hospital, but the eye donation was refused because of the deceased's age. Despite multiple efforts by Ms. Simran and Mr. Sanchit with various eye banks in Delhi and Haryana, the eye donation could not be arranged due to unfavourable conditions.

Despite the distance, Mr. John and his team arrived at the deceased’s location in time and successfully retrieved the skin at around 4:00 a.m. The family expressed their gratitude to the MOHAN Foundation for their assistance.

Report by – Ms. Simran Anand

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#21:

On July 2, 2024 at around 8 pm, Ms Veena Wathore attended a call on the tollfree helpline for a probable donation from Vadodara.  She gave the relevant information to a Transplant coordinator of Vadodara Mr Kalpesh Rathod.  Mrs Chayaben Nayak called to say that her mother Mrs Varsha Arun Parab (86 years old) had died of cardiac arrest at Rhythm hospital, Vadodara. The family was interested in eye and body donation.

Mr Rathod contacted the anatomy department of Zydus Medical College and Research Centre, Dahod for body donation.  Dr Hetal Rao of the college assisted in getting the donation accepted. Body donation was concluded successfully at 5:00 am of June 3, 2024.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family of Mrs Varsha for their decision to donate and Dr Rao for the timely help to fulfil the donors wish. 

Report by – Mr Kalpesh Rathod

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#22:

Ms. Disha Sadeja, a resident of Delhi's Model Town, contacted the MF helpline on June 30, 2024, at 12:30 p.m., requesting a corneal donation for her 85-year-old mother-in-law, Ms. Rajakumari Sadeja. Ms. Parul Bishnoi, an MF Helpline Counsellor, answered her call and passed on Ms. Disha’s contact details to Ms. Sanya Santosh, the Programme Officer at MF NCR. Ms. Sanya promptly contacted the family to coordinate the case and gathered the necessary details.

Ms. Disha informed Ms. Sanya that her mother-in-law had been declared dead by a doctor at Pentamed Hospital around 6:30 a.m. on June 30, 2024. Expressing her mother-in-law’s last wish, Ms. Disha mentioned the family's strong desire to honor it by donating her mother-in-law's eyes.

However, the corneal donation could not take place because more than six hours had already elapsed since the time of death. Ms. Sanya provided the family with the necessary information and offered the option to donate skin, but they chose not to accept this offer. Additionally, she offered the option of body donation. Ms. Disha informed Ms. Sanya that she would like to discuss this option with her family.

After a while, Ms. Disha contacted Ms. Sanya again to ask if the family would receive the deceased's body back for cremation after body donation. Ms. Sanya informed Ms. Disha that following body donation, the family would not receive the body for any rites. The family then declined this offer as well.

Report by – Ms Sanya Santhosh

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#23:

At 6:55 PM on June 19, 2024, Ms. Arshiya received a call on the 24x7 Helpline. Mr. Tarun Jain informed her that his wife, Ms Promila Jain, aged 72, had passed away at around 6 PM due to heart failure and he was opting for organ donation of his wife.  This information was passed on to Ms. Neha Sharma, Program Officer MOHAN Foundation, North to coordinate the case of corneal donation.

Ms. Neha reached out to Mr. Tarun Jain to gather details about the case. Upon assessing the situation, she found that Mrs. Promila Jain had experienced circulatory death, rendering solid organ donation impossible. She communicated this to the family and proposed cornea donation as viable options. The family consented to proceed with corneal donation.

Subsequently, Ms. Neha Sharma contacted the nearest eye bank for corneal donation. The 72-year-old bestowed sight upon two people through cornea donation facilitated by Punarjot Eye Bank, Ludhiana, Punjab.

MOHAN Foundation extends its heartfelt gratitude to the family for their noble gesture.

Report by – Ms. Neha Sharma

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#24:

In  February 2024 Mr. Ganesh C, Marketing Coordinator received a helpline call from Mr Sankar M, from Ranipet, stating that his elder sister Ms Shantha (73) was in her final stage and he would like to know the possibility of Organ Donation. Mr. Ganesh explained to him the process of organ donation  after brain death and tissue and Whole body  in case of cardiac death. He assured  Mr Sankar of all assistance for coordination. 

After a few months, on June 12, 2024, 8.15 PM, Ms Santha passed away. Mr. Sankar contacted Mr Ganesh for assistance to donate her eyes. Mr Ganesh linked Mr Jaisankar, Transplant Coordinator, CMC Vellore to the donor family. Ms Shantha's corneas were successfully retrieved by technicians of Schell's Eye bank, CMC Vellore.

MOHAN Foundation extends it warm gratitude to Mr. Sankar for his noble gesture

 

Report by – Mr Ganesh C

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#25:

On June 6,  2024 , Dr Hemal Kanvinde Q&A officer of MOHAN Foundation answered a call on the national toll free number for a eye donation.

Mr Kishan Gowda was enquiring about eye donation. His mother Mrs Lata Amma 80 years of age had passed away 30 minutes ago. It was her wish to be an eye donor and do good for society. Her children wanted to fullfil her wish.

Since the case was from Tumkur, Dr Hemal contacted the Lions International eye bank in Bangalore  and send their details to the family.  She also gave details on Rajkumar Eye bank.

Cornea donation was successfully completed by technicians from Rajkumar Eye Bank.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Kishan Gowda and his brother and sister for ensuring that their mothers wish was fulfilled.

Report by – Dr Hemal Kanvinde

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#26:

On June 6, 2024 Mrs Parul Bishnoi, helpline counselor received a call from Jaipur at 11 am. The call was regarding an eye donation case by a grandson who wished to donate his grandmother’s eyes.

Mr Yatharth stated that he lost his grandmother Mrs Shakuntala Wadhwa (89 years old) an hour ago . Mrs Parul gave him all the precautions and further passed the information to Eye Bank society of Rajasthan EBSR Jaipur.  The family was counselled for skin donation and Mrs Parul received a consent for the same.  Cornea donation was carried our successfully by Mr Pralhad at 1 pm. Skin donation could not happen due to medical reasons.

Mr. Yatharth spoke fondly of his grandmother being a pious lady with a loving nature. She would offer food to the Goads before serving her family.  She had wished to be an organ donor.

We wholeheartedly thank EBSR Jaipur, Mr Prahlad the technician an Mr Yatharth( Next of the kin)  for their noble gesture of contribution towards the gift of sight 

Report by – Ms Parul Bishnoi

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#27:

On June 2, 2024, MOHAN Foundation's Helpline counselor  Mrs Parul Bishnoi received a call from Mr. Bhushan Sharma  of Mumbai regarding his critically ill relative, Ms. Nirmaladevi Udhani, aged 80. She had previously registered with MOHAN Foundation for organ and body donation.  Ms. Parul connected the caller to Ms. Jaya Jairam of MOHAN Foundation Mumbai. Detailed information on eye, skin, and body donation procedures was provided by Ms Jaya Jairam. During their conversation, Mr. Sharma shared that Ms. Nirmaladevi, a teacher, had pledged her organs a decade ago and frequently reminded her family to honor her last wish. "She always carried a printout of her MOHAN Foundation donor card in her purse", he fondly recalled.

The next morning, Ms. Nirmaladevi passed away. Despite her death from sepsis, which rendered her tissues unfit for donation, her body donation was still possible and Ms. Jaya coordinated with Nair Hospital to facilitate this, ensuring that Ms. Nirmaladevi's body would contribute to medical education and research.

MOHAN Foundation salutes this teacher for her pledge and her family for fulfilling her wish

 

Report by – Ms Jaya Jairam

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#28:

On a hot afternoon of May 28, 2024, Ms Parul Bishnoi Helpline Counsellor answered a call of an eye donation from Ratlam, MP. Bharat Lal Panchal (45yo) had died due to cardiac arrest and Mr Dashrath has initiated the call to find out details and formalities for eye donation. Mrs Parul gave all the relevant information and spoke to the son Mr Rahul Panchal.  The family consented to go ahead with eye donation.

Mrs Parul started the coordination by contacting volunteer Mr Sandeepan Arya of Muskan Group Indore and seeking his support to fulfil the family’s wish.  Mr Arya contacted the Gita Bhawan Nyas Barnagar cornea collection centre, who successfully retrieved the cornea and sent them to MK International Eye Bank in Indore. MOHAN Foundation thanks the family of Shri Bharat Lal Panchal, Muskaan Group, staff of Gita Bhawan eye retrieval centre and MK International eye bank for cooperating to fulfil the family’s wish.

Report by – Ms Parul Bishnoi

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#29:

On May 27, 2024 at 6 pm, Sanya Santosh, the Programme Officer at the MF NCR office received a call from Mr Anish Kapoor via the MOHAN Foundation's 24-hour helpline. He informed her that his 16-year-old nephew, Rehan Dev, had fallen at home at 1 pm and was pronounced dead at the Civil Hospital in Gurugram at 3 pm. Mr Kapoor called to inquire about the eye donation procedure to fulfill the parents' wishes.

Sanya then requested to speak with Rehan’s father, Mr. Ramesh, to gather all the necessary information about the incident. Mr. Ramesh expressed his desire to donate his son’s corneas so he could see through someone else's eyes. Sanya inquired about the conduct of post-mortem as it was an MLC case, to which Mr. Ramesh responded negatively. Given the complexity of the case, Sanya immediately posted a message in the Delhi NCR WhatsApp group and then called Dr. Muneet Kaur Sahi, Programme Manager at MF NCR, for guidance, as it was a medico-legal case (MLC), likely a suicide, and required expert coordination.

After contacting Mr. Ganesh at the Y.P. Mahindru Nirmaya Eye Bank in Gurugram and providing him with the case details and the uncle's phone number, Sanya inquired if a post-mortem had taken place. Ganesh confirmed it had not and informed her that the post-mortem would likely occur the following morning, given the late hour. He mentioned that corneal retrieval would be feasible with the consent of any on-call physicians present and asked if the parents were genuinely in favour of donating the corneas. Sanya confirmed that they were.

The Y.P. Mahindru Nirmaya Eye Bank team arrived at the hospital within an hour, but they were unable to perform the retrieval process as the corneas had become unfit. The eyes were open, and the body had not been preserved in the mortuary, causing the corneas to dry out.

Report by – Ms Sanya Santosh

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#30:

At 12:35 a.m. on May 26, 2024, Mr. Deepak, a resident of Moti Nagar in Delhi, contacted the MOHAN Foundation's 24X7 helpline to request an eye donation for his 80-year-old mother, Ms. Usha Rani. The contact details of Mr. Deepak were forwarded to Ms. Sanya Santosh, the Programme Officer at MF NCR, by Mr. Ganesh C, the MF Marketing Coordinator, who answered his call. Immediately, Ms. Sanya contacted the family in order to coordinate the case and obtain the necessary information. 

The doctor verified his mother's death at approximately 9:00 p.m. on May 25, 2024, after Mr. Deepak reported that she had suffered a cardiac arrest at home. Ms. Sanya provided the family with the requisite information and the opportunity to donate skin; however, they declined the offer. She then made contact with Dr. Shroff's eye bank and provided the necessary information for the corneal donation.

The eye bank technician reassured her that corneas would be collected as quickly as possible, as time was running out. She subsequently communicated the information to the family of the deceased. In the expectation that the technician would have reached the deceased's residence and facilitated the retrieval process, Ms. Sanya refrained from contacting the technician. Nevertheless, she was unable to reach the technician via WhatsApp or phone due to her ignorance of the case's developments. She discovered that the retrieval had not occurred because the technician had not contacted or visited the deceased's home when she contacted Mr. Deepak at approximately 4:30 a.m. on May 26, 2024, as she was not receiving a response from the technician.

Report by – Ms Sanya Santosh

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#31:

Ms. Sunita, a resident of Delhi's Green Park, contacted the MF helpline on May 19, 2024, at 11:30 a.m., requesting eye and body donation for her 91-year-old mother, Ms. Lalita Rao. Ms. Parul Bishnoi, MF Helpline Counsellor, answered her call and passed on Ms. Sunita’s contact details to Ms. Simran Anand, Programme Officer at MF NCR. Ms. Simran promptly contacted the family to coordinate the case and gathered the necessary details.

Ms. Sunita informed that her mother had not been responsive since the early hours of the morning, and by 10:00 a.m., it was confirmed by the doctor, who was Ms. Lalita's son, that she had passed away.

Expressing their mother’s last wish, Ms. Sunita mentioned the family's strong desire to honour it by donating her mother's eyes and body. Due to the deceased's age, eye donation was not possible. Ms. Simran then discussed skin donation, but the family preferred donating the whole body and declined the offer of skin donation.

Subsequently, Ms. Simran contacted Mr. Sudhir Gupta, Coordinator of Dadhichi Deh Daan Samiti, Delhi, for whole body donation. Mr. Sudhir informed Ms. Simran that although they had called several anatomy departments in Delhi, they were taking longer than usual to respond as it was a Sunday. However, ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Alwar, Rajasthan, promptly accepted the body. With the family's approval, despite the 4–5-hour drive, Dadhichi Deh Daan Samiti coordinated and transported the body to Alwar. The family was motivated by their desire to fulfill their mother's last wishes.

The body donation was successfully completed, and ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Alwar, Rajasthan, received the body.

The family expressed their heartfelt thanks to the MOHAN Foundation for the successful body donation and Dadhichi Deh Daan Samiti for their coordination and support in fulfilling their mother's last wishes.

Report by – Ms. Simran Anand

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#32:

Around 5:30 PM on May 16, 2024, Sanya Santosh, Programme Officer at the MF NCR office, received a call on the Foundation's 24/7 helpline from Dr Kamal Garg, a General Physician at NIX Hospital in Greater Noida. He informed her that his neighbour’s daughter, Ishani Jain, a 17-year-old girl, had sustained injuries from a fall at home at 10:00 AM. She was taken to Sarvodaya Hospital in Greater Noida, UP, where she was declared dead at 10:59 AM.

Given the complexity of the case, Sanya immediately posted a message in the Delhi NCR WhatsApp group. Sanchit, Project Leader at MF stationed at AIIMS Rishikesh, contacted  Dr Garg. Dr Garg shared with Sanchit that Dr Chakresh Kumar Jain, Ishani’s father, had expressed his willingness to donate his daughter's eyes but was in a dilemma because his wife, Ishani's mother, was against it. To help his friend and neighbour, Dr Garg called the Foundation's helpline to get information and understand the process of eye donation.

Sanya then called Dr. Muneet Kaur Sahi, Programme Manager at MF NCR, for guidance since it was a medico-legal case (MLC), likely a suicide, and required expert coordination.

Meanwhile, Ishani’s uncle, Mr. Aditya Jain, called the MOHAN Foundation 24/7 helpline and received Dr. Muneet's contact details from Dr Hemal Kanvinde, Quality Assurance Officer at the MF Chennai office.

Dr Muneet requested Dr Jain to connect her to Dr Chakresh Kumar, Ishani’s father. She spoke to him, and he was distraught, repeatedly insisting that his daughter had not committed suicide. He wished to donate her corneas so he could see his daughter alive through someone else's eyes. Dr Muneet then asked where the body was kept, as more than seven hours had passed. She was informed that it was in the hospital's mortuary in cold storage and that a post-mortem would not be conducted because the family had informed the panchayat and obtained a waiver.

Dr Muneet then contacted Mr. Jagdish from ICare Eye Bank in Noida, informed him about the case, and shared the uncle's contact number.

The ICare Eye Bank team reached the hospital within an hour but was not allowed to retrieve the corneas by the hospital authorities. Despite stiff resistance from the hospital management, the ICare team showed remarkable perseverance and stayed because the father was steadfast in his decision to donate his daughter's corneas.

Eventually, the body was released from the hospital and taken home. The ICare team finally retrieved the corneas at 11:30 PM. MOHAN Foundation extends heartfelt gratitude to Dr Chakresh Kumar Jain for his perseverance and determination, and to the ICare team for their unwavering dedication. Their combined efforts ensured that Ishani’s corneas were successfully donated, honouring her memory and giving the gift of sight to others.

This case study highlights the importance of swift communication, compassion, and teamwork in handling complex and sensitive situations. The dedication of Dr Kamal Garg and the MOHAN Foundation staff, along with the perseverance of Dr Chakresh Kumar Jain and the ICare Eye Bank team, underscores the impact of organ donation. Their combined efforts turned a personal tragedy into a meaningful gift, demonstrating the profound effect of organ donation on recipients and honouring the memory of the deceased.

Report by – Dr Muneet Kaur Sahi

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#33:

At approximately 0120hours on May 14, 2024, Mr. Sanchit, Project Leader at AIIMS Rishikesh, MOHAN Foundation, received a call regarding an eye donation from Ram Vihar, New Delhi. The caller, Mr. Vijay, the deceased's son-in-law, conveyed the unfortunate passing of his mother-in-law, Ms. Mohini Sapra, aged 76, due to cardiac arrest at around 0020 hours on May 14, 2024. He also requested a 20-minute wait for final confirmation from his wife, Ms. Nutan, the deceased's daughter.

Shortly after, Ms. Nutan contacted Mr. Sanchit again, and clarified her doubts. Mr. Sanchit offered the required information to the family and presented them with an additional option of skin donation, but the family declined this offer. He then liaised with Mr. Ashish, Data Entry Operator at NOTTO, through the NOTTO helpline, furnishing essential details. Mr. Ashish promptly contacted the nearest eye bank for corneal donation. Guru Nanak Eye Care Centre, New Delhi, promptly arrived at the designated address, successfully retrieving the corneas at 0410hours.

Ms. Mohini Sapra, at the age of 76, bestowed the gift of sight upon two individuals through corneal donation. MOHAN Foundation extends heartfelt gratitude to the family of Mohini Sapra for their noble act of donation. We also express our appreciation to the NOTTO team for their timely coordination with the eye bank team.

Report by – Sanchit Arora

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#34:

At 1 PM on April 23, 2024, Ms. Neha Sharma received a call on the 24x7 Helpline. Mr. Mohit informed her that his grandfather, Mr. Nawal Kishore, aged 81, had passed away around 11 AM due to heart failure. Ms. Sharma promptly notified the NCR team, where Ms. Sanya Santosh, Program Officer, coordinated the case of corneal donation.

Ms. Sanya reached out to Mr. Mohit to gather details about the case. Upon assessing the situation, she found that Mr. Kishore had experienced circulatory death, rendering solid organ donation impossible. She communicated this to the family and proposed cornea and skin donation as viable options.

The family consented to proceed with corneal donation.

Subsequently, Ms. Sanya contacted the nearest eye bank for corneal donation. The 81-year-old Nawal Kishore bestowed sight upon two people through cornea donation facilitated by ICARE Eye Bank, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

MOHAN Foundation extends its heartfelt gratitude to the family for their noble gesture.Ms. Sanya Santosh

Report by – Ms. Sanya Santosh

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#35:

At around 7 pm on April 19, 2024, Mr Sanchit, Transplant Coordinator at Rishikesh received a call for an eye donation from a village in Chattisgarh.  Mr. Toran Lal informed him that his brother in law Mr. Than Singh Sahu of 72 years had passed away at home due to cardiac arrest around 6 pm. Mr Sanchit placed this information on the helpline group and Dr Hemal Kanvinde then spoke to Ms Sushila Farmania, Group leader for Organ Donation of the Akhil Bharatiya Mahila Sammelan (ABMMS). She took charge of the call and connected with Shri Sanjay Kedia eye donation in charge of the Umang Branch in Chhattisgarh. Mr Sanjay Kedia coordinated with the Eye Bank at AIIMS Raipur. Dr. Vijaya and her team reached Balod and successfully retrieved corneas.

Mr Than Singh was a retired village officer (Amin Patwari). Unfortunately, he lost his elder son in 2007 in Naxal attacks. Mr Than Singh had spoken of eye donation and body donation to his family many years ago. At that time, forms etc. were not available for pledging.  Upon his demise the brother in law took the initiative and called the helpline to understand the process.  After cornea retrieval, his body was donated to Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, (Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital) Raipur.

MOHAN Foundation extends its heartfelt gratitude to the family of Than Singh Sahu for their gesture in donation. We also thank AIIMS Raipur Cornea retrieval team and members of the ABMMS for their timely coordination.  Dr Vijaya also informed MOHAN Foundation that the cornea transplant surgery has been planned for two patients on April 26, 2024.

Report by – Mr Sanchit Arora

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#36:

On 12th April 2024 around midnight Dr Hemal received a call on the helpline for a probable eye  donation. The caller was Mr Venu  and he had query about eye donation in Bengaluru. All necessary details and also tips to for a safe eye donation were provided. 

 Mr Venu discussed the eye donation with the son of the deceased  Mrs Ambuja 85 years years old. The family of one son and 5 daughters discussed among themselves and then agreed to donate their mothers eyes to give sight to two different people.

Dr Hemal then coordinated and send details of Rajkumar eye bank to the family and cornea donation was successfully concluded in the early hour of April 13, 2024.

Mrs Mrs ambuja was a lively person and lived a full life with her family. 

In an extraordinary sad instance,  Mr Venu's own mother 75 year old Lakshmi passed away the next day.  Due to the good experience of eye donation Mr Venu  called Rajkumar eye bank again 

Cornea donation of his mother was also achieved. 

Report by – Dr Hemal Kanvinde

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#37:

On 24/03/2024, Mr Ganesh received a call for a possible cornea donation. The information was passed on to Dr. Bhanu Chandra of MOHAN Foundation took the case for coordination. 

Mr.Abishek Kapoor, a school van driver stated that his father has passed away and wants to donate his eyes. Dr. Bhanu Chandra explained the procedure of the eye donation to his family.

Dr. Bhanu coordinated with Vasan Eye Bank team, and they retrieved corneas.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family of Shri Chaman Lal Kapoor for their donation.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Chandra

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#38:

At  4.00 pm of March 19, 2024, Ms Padmavathi  recieved a call on the 24x7 Helpline. Mr. Vastal Jain informed her that his father, Mr. Rakesh Jain, age 63 years, expired half an hour before at SRB Hospital, Goregaon, Mumbai.  Mr. Rakesh Jain was undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. During a session of  chemotherapy he collapsed, & doctors declared him dead.

In the midst of profound grief,  Mr Vatsal Jain reached out to MOHAN Foundationr to fulfill father’s last wish of corneal donation. Helpline Counselor Padmavathi, who attended the call, promptly informed Mumbai’s Center Director, Jaya Jairam to coordinate for corneal donation. The pair of corneas was successfully retrieved by Eye Bank Coordination & Research Centre (EBCRC). The family expressed gratitude, acknowledged that their quick action fulfilled Mr. Rakesh’s wish to donate his eyes. MOHAN Foundation salutes the family.

Report by – Padmavathi Vasudevan

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#39:

On February 24, 2024, Mr. Ganesh C, Marketing Coordinator, received a call by 10.30am from Apollo Hospital, Karur. Mr. Srinivasan, informed that his mother, Ms Mallika, 64, was on her last days and he would like to know the possibility of eye donation.  Mrs Mallika was a retired Angaanwadi teacher. Mr Ganesh then contacted the nearby eyebanks and gave the contact of Arasan Eye Bank, Erode who were willing to collect the corneas from Karur.

On February 25, 2024, 01.15 Ms Mallika paased away, Mr Srinivasan reached out to Arasan Eyebank for eye donation. As it was late night there was a challenge for the eye bank in reaching the venue.  Mr Srinivasan, took effort in arranging transportation for the hospital staff and sensured donation of corneas.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr. Srinivasan for his decision and efforts in making the donation happen. We also extends our condolence to the family

Report by – Mr Ganesh C

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#40:

On Feb 7, 2024 Dr Hemal Kanvinde took a call for a donation of corneas. The caller Mr Ramesh informed her that his father had passed on and requested information to complete eye donation. 

Mr M P Arulalan was a Prof. of Economics at Guru Nanak College. In 2015 he and his group of friends registered themselves for eye donation and visited Sri Ramachandra Medical Institute to register as voluntary body donors. He was a victim of a traffic accident and sustained head injury which made him bedridden for the past one year.  A few weeks ago he contracted pneumonia and did not recover from this infection. 

Ramesh, his brother, and mother decided to fulfil his wish to be a donor.  Dr Hemal gave them details of the eye bank and the Anatomy department of SRMC. The 65year old Arulalan gave sight to two people through cornea donation done by Sankar Netralaya and gave his body to Sri Ramachandra medical College for anatomical studies. 

He continues his legacy as a teacher. 

MOHAN Foundation thanks Ramesh and his family for their generosity in times of grief.

Report by – Dr Hemal Kanvinde

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#41:

On 30th January 2024, at 7.00 AM, 20 years old,Siddhi Anil Futane was returning  home after dropping her younger brother at school in Vasai when she  met with an accident caused by rashly driving recklessly. She was rushed to the nearest hospital, but was declared dead.

 

Although in deep grief & shock, brother Sachin called MOHAN Foundation’s 24x7 Helpline, at 3.21 pm, which was attended by our counselor Veena who immediately informed Shri Purushottam Pawar, President, The Federation of Organ & Body Donation.

 

MF counselor Veena explained to the relatives that, in this condition, only Corneas & Skin can be donated. In spite of retrieval time limit being exceeded (six hours), quick coordination by MOHAN Foundation & FOBD, the successful retrieval  of corneas were successfully retrieved. The parents said, with our immediate coordination, we could fulfill Siddhi’s wishes to donate her eyes.

Report by – Ms. Padma

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#42:

Mr Sivapadham T, 87 was a sincere man, and was faithful to all around him. He was a caring father  who  was very much loved by his family. He worked and retired at Kamadenu Supermarket, Near Tambaram Chennai as Procuring Supervisor 

On January 20, 2024, Ganesh Marketing Coordinator, received a call by 21.00 hr from East Tambaram, the caller, Mr. Annamalai, informed that his father, Mr Sivapadham had his last breath by 19.15 hrs and would like to donate his corneas. Mr Ganesh C, contacted Sankara Nethralaya Eye Bank Chennai and passed on the information. The team of doctors visited and successfully retrieved the corneas by 22.05 hr.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr. Annamalai for his decision and extends its warm regards and condolence to the deceased family

Report by – Mr Ganesh C

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#43:

Deepa, a resident of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, reached out to the MF helpline at 3 a.m. on January 20, 2024. Mr. Bulu Behera, Transplant Coordinator at MF Nagpur, answered her call and provided the contact details of Ms. Pallavi Kumar, Executive Director at MF NCR. Ms. Kumar promptly got in touch with Ms. Simran Anand, Programme Officer at NCR, to coordinate the case and shared the contact details of the family, including Ms. Deepa (the deceased's daughter) and Mr. Ashwini (the deceased's son).

Ms. Simran reached out to Mr. Ashwini to gather details about the case. He explained that he resided with his mother in Noida, NCR, and his mother, Ms Uma Tomar, aged 65, had experienced a fall at home resulting in a head injury and unconsciousness. She was quickly taken to Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. Unfortunately, her condition worsened, leading to her passing at 1:30 a.m. Mr. Ashwini expressed the family's desire to donate his mother's organs.

Ms. Deepa also contacted Ms. Simran, reinforcing the family's intention to donate the organs of her mother.

After assessing the situation, Ms. Simran discovered that the mother had experienced circulatory death, making solid organ donation impossible. She conveyed this to the family and suggested that cornea and skin donation were viable options.

The family agreed to proceed with tissue donation.

Ms. Simran then contacted the eye bank at Safdarjung Hospital, learning that no eye technician was available at that time, and the retrieval would take place in the morning. This information was shared with the family.

Simultaneously, Ms. Pallavi worked to expedite the process and obtained the contact details of Mr. Manoj, Transplant Coordinator at Safdarjung Hospital. She spoke to him, and he assured her that both cornea and skin retrieval would occur in the morning, personally overseeing the donation process.

True to his word, Mr. Manoj coordinated the entire process, and by 8 a.m., corneas and skin retrieval were successfully completed.

Ms. Simran informed the family about the successful retrieval and took the opportunity to inquire about their motivation for organ donation. The family revealed that the deceased had watched the Kaun Banega Crorepati episode on organ donation featuring Dr Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee of MOHAN Foundation. Inspired by the episode, she had pledged to donate her organs after her passing.

MOHAN Foundation salutes the family for their noble gesture.

Report by – Ms Simran Anand

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#44:

On January 08, 2024 MOHAN Foundation received a call for a probale eye donation in Bhopal.  Dr Hemal Kanvinde received the call, took details from  Mr Shubham  Verma  and contacted Muskaan (an NGO) Indore to assist in an eye donation case. Mr Sandeepan Arya of Muskaan started the coordination for the family in Bhopal. 

Mrs Sadhana Verma age 50  died in the early morning in JK Hospital in Bhopal and the family was wishing to do cornea donation.  He spoke to her son Mr Shubham Verma and gave them tips about care for eye donation. 

Mrs Sadhana grew up in Khandwa and came to Bhopal after her marriage. This  soft spoken lady was blessed with two children. She  delighted in  serving others and enjoyed entertining visitors to their family home.  A cancer survivor, she was  full of life.  Unfortunately she died due to heart attack after a few weeks of illness. He family decided to share the gift of sight  through her. 

Mr Sandeepan  coordinated with the eye bank in Gandhi Medical College, Hamidiya Hospital, Bhopal and organised for the technician to retrieve the corneas. At 11 am the donation was done successfully. 

MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr Sandeepan Arya and Muskan Trust for the coordination and is grateful to the Verma family  for their donation.

Report by – Dr Hemal Kanvinde

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#45:

On January 04, 2024, Mr. Ganesh C, a compassionate Helpline counselor at MOHAN Foundation, received a crucial call from Mr. Ritesh Savla. Mr. Savla, the nephew of the late Smt. Chandrika Gogri, expressed the family's heartfelt wish to donate her corneas. Recognizing the urgency and importance of the matter, Ganesh promptly notified Ms. Jaya Jairam at the Mumbai office.

Ms. Jaya Jairam, in her role, efficiently took charge of the situation. She collaborated with the Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre (EBCRC) in Parel, Mumbai, ensuring a seamless process to honor the family's benevolent decision to donate Smt. Chandrika Harakhchand Gogri's corneas.

Mrs. Chandrika Gogri, aged 71, belonged to a Kutchi Jain family. Her life was characterized by a deep spiritual commitment, and she adhered faithfully to the Jain principle of non-violence. Known for her disciplined lifestyle, Mrs. Gogri was not only kind-hearted but also remarkably generous. Throughout her life, she dedicated herself to serving her village and community, leaving an indelible mark through her benevolence and selflessness.

Report by – Ms Jaya Jairam

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#46:

On December 30, 2023, at 7.30 am, Mr. Ganesh, the Marketing Coordinator of MOHAN Foundation, received a call through the helpline regarding a potential eye donation. The family, hailing from Hansi in the Hisar district of Haryana, was eager to understand the eye donation process. Mr. Ganesh provided information about eye donation and promptly transferred the call to Ms. Pallavi Kumar, the Executive Director of MOHAN Foundation in Delhi-NCR. 

Ms. Pallavi Kumar then put the case details on the NCR WhatsApp group requesting Ms. Renu Kumari, Project Leader, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, to take forward the case as the caller was from Hisar.

The deceased, Mr. Jagdish Baber, an 85-year-old male had passed away due to natural causes. This information was shared by Mr. Hitesh Dhingra, a neighbor of the deceased. Ms. Renu Kumari, communicated with his son Mr. Anil Kumar, provided him all the necessary details. Despite the tragic loss, the family decided to make a positive contribution by donating Mr. Jagdish's eyes.

Subsequently, Ms. Renu Kumari reached out to the eye retrieval team at Civil Hospital, Hansi, under the Hisar district, and the cornea donation was successfully completed at 10:15 am on December 30, 2023.

MOHAN Foundation expresses gratitude to the family for their selfless decision to bestow the precious gift of sight.

Report by – Ms Renu Kumari

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#47:

On Dec 29, 2023, Ms Arshiya Fathima  answered a call at around 3.00 PM for a possible eye donation from Jaipur. The information of the caller and deceased was given to the MFJCF team in Jaipur.

Rtn. Ravi Kamra ji started the coordination with the family. Mrs Urmila  Goel, age 69 years had passed on due to cardiac arrest and the family gave consent for cornea donation.  Mr Kamra coordinated with the Eye Bank Society of Rajasthan and donation was accomplished successfully. 

MOHAN Foundation appreciates the generosity of the Goel family.

Report by – Ms Taru Saxena

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#48:

On 29^th December 2023, Mr Ganesh  from Chennai office of MOHAN Foundation answered a call from Toll Free Helpline Number for a donation from a senior citizen in Hyderabad.  This was forwarded to Dr Bhanu Chandra, Senior Transplant Coordinator in Hyderabad.  The deceased succumbed to a cardiac arrest at their residence in Hyderabad, Telangana. Dr. Bhanu Chandra counseled the family who had several doubts on eye donation and gave a detailed in-depth understanding of corneal donation. Dr. Bhanu Chandra coordinated with Vasan Eye bank and corneas were successfully retrieved thus improving the lives of two people. MOHAN Foundation salutes the family who donated corneas during their darkest times of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Chandra

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#49:

On 28^th December 2023,  Mr Ganesh of Chennai Office  took a call for a eye donation in Hydrabad. Ms. Indira Laxmi succumbed to a cardiac arrest at his residence in in Miyapur, Hyderabad. The son in law of Ms. Indira Laxmi reached out to MOHAN Foundation Toll Free Helpline Number expressing their wishes to donate his corneas. 

This information was forwarded to Dr. Bhanu Chandra  for coordination. He clarified the family’s queries on eye donation and coordinated the process of corneal donation with Vasan Eye Bank. Thus, giving, the gift of vision to two visually impaired patients. MOHAN Foundation salutes the family’s decision to donate eyes during their grieving hours.

 

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Chandra

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#50:

On 26^th December 2023, Mr. Surya Sameer (the son in law of the deceased) reached out to MOHAN Foundation Toll Free Helpline number informing about their father-in-law had succumbed to a cardiac arrest. The family was considering to donate his eyes for corneally blind patients. The cll was taken by Mr Ganesh of Chennai office and the information was passed on the Hyderabad Counselor Dr Bhanu Chandra. 

Dr. Bhanu Chandra reached out to the bereaved family and provided a thorough explanation of eye donation procedure. The corneas were successfully retrieved by Vasan Eye Bank. MOHAN Foundation salutes the family’s decision for cadaveric donation during their darkest hours of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Chandra

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#51:

Mr. T.N. Narasimha Gupta 88yrs old, died due to cardiac arrest on 15^th December 2023 at 04:25pm.  Mr. Prakash the son of Mr. T.N. Narasimha Gupta residing at Mysuru reached out to MOHAN Foundation Helpline number and approached for Cornea donation. Dr Hemal Kanvinde  attended the call, explained the process and forwarded the information to Mrs. Ranjini Shankar MS from MOHAN Foundation Bengaluru. Ms. Ranjini counselled the family members for Skin donation as well,  but the family members agreed only for Cornea donation. 

Then Ms Ranjini coordinated with Dr. Chandrakala from  KR Hospital Mysore and the donation of corneas was successfully completed.  MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for thinking of giving the gift of sight in time of their grief. 

Report by – Ms Ranjini Shankar

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#52:

On November 24, 2023, 6.30 AM, Mr Ganesh. C, Marketing Coordinator received a call on the Organ Donation Helpline. The caller Mr Mathivanan was calling from Hindu Mission Hospital, Tambaram Chennai. He stated that his sister-in-law, Ms Meerabai, had her last breath and the family would like to donate his body to a medical institution as per the wish of the deceased.

Mr. Ganesh, got the details of the deceased and explained the process and referred them to medical colleges which accept body donation in Chennai. He also informed Mr Mathivanan that cornea donation is a possibility so that someone could get the gift of vision. The donor family after discussion chose Sri Ramachandra Medical College, (SRMC) Porur to donate the body. Mr Ganesh contacted Dr. Mallikesan, the Medical Superintendent, SRMC and coordinated the donation process.

The body and corneas were retrieved from Hindu Mission Hospital, by 8.20 AM, and donated to SRMC Medical College and the corneas were donated to Sri Ramachandra Eye Bank. MOHAN Foundation thanks the family of Ms Meerabhai for their decision to give sight to two people even in times of grief and help in research purposes.

Report by – Mr Ganesh C

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#53:

On November 19, 2023, Dr Hemal Kanvinde received a call through the helpline for a eye donation. The deceased was a 15-year-old girl in KIMS Hospital Secunderabad.  This information was given to Dr Bhanu Chandra, senior transplant coordinator in Hyderabad.  He spoke to Mr R., uncle of the young girl Ms S the deceased.  The family was wishing to make some positives out of the tragic loss and came forward to donate her eyes. 

It was a medicolegal case and the body was shifted to Osmania General Hospital for postmortem.  Dr Bhanu coordinated with LV Prasad eye bank and organised a freezer box to keep the body till the police arrived.  Cornea donation was successfully done on November 20, 2023.   

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their decision to give the gift of sight.

Report by – Dr Bhanu Chandra

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#54:

On November 06, 2023,  Mr. Ganesh received a helpline call from Mumbai for a probable eye donation. Details of the caller and case were forwarded to Ms Jaya Jairam. Project Director MOHAN Foundation, Mumbai.   Jaya spoke to  Ms Hema Rao, the daughter in law  of the 90 year old deceased Mrs  Padma Sankar Rao of Chembur, Mumbai.  She counseled for skin as well as whole body donation. 

After some time the family agreed to skin donation, but declined whole body donation.  Jaya then coordinated with National Burns Centre Airoli and the skin donation was  completed successfully. Unfortunately, cornea donation was not possible due to the age of the deceased. 

Her son, Mr. Kirti Rao shared that his mother was an amazing cook, full of life, embracing all things new and also a haven of  warmth for the family.  In honor of her memory and her benevolence, they felt compelled to make a meaningful contribution and wished to donate her corneas. 

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family of late Mrs Padma Sankar Rao for their generosity in supporting burn victims.

Report by – Ms Jaya Jairam

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#55:

Mrs. Rangamma 70yrs old died due to cardiac arrest on 06th November 2023 at 05:30am in the morning.  Mrs. Shobha the daughter in law of Mrs. Rangamma residing at Sonenahalli, Bengaluru called the MOHAN Foundation Helpline number and approached for whole body donation. 

MOHAN Foundation transplant coordinator Mr. Bulu behera received the helpline call for the body donation, and the information was transferred to Mrs. Ranjini Shankar MS of Bengaluru. She counselled the family members for cornea and skin donation. The family members agreed for cornea donation and both the corneas were donated to Narayana Nethralaya Bengaluru. 

Ms. Ranjini coordinated with the Dr. Meenakshi the Anatomy HOD of Attal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute (Bowring Hospital) for the wholebody donation.  The family received the ambulance at their residence at noon and whole body was donated sucessfully to the Attal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute (Bowring Hospital).

MOHAN Foundation appreciates the genorsity of Ms Rangamma's family. 

Report by – Ms. Ranjini

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#56:

On November 04, 2024 Mr Bulu Behera received a call for a possible donation in Kolkata.  The family was from Brahmapur Kolkata and wanted to know the process of eye donation. Mrs Parul Bishnoi took over the coordination. Mrs Nupur Mitra was 74 years old when she passed away.   Mr. Sushant Mitra, her next of kin spoke to Parul and gave all details.  Parul then contacted Disha Eye Bank and successfully completed the coronation. 

The Disha Eye Bank collected the cornea and the next day both were transplanted in two patients.  MOHAN Foundation appreciates the call from the family and for the gift of sight. 

Report by – Dr Hemal Kanvinde

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#57:

On October 30, 2023 at 10.50 PM Mr. Ganesh, MOHAN Foundation received a call from Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Dr Deepak Metha, an ophthalmologist was helping a family to fulfil their wish for eye donation. He said that he had received a call from the family of the deceased to support with corneal donation. He provided us with the details of the family and asked for our support in linking them up with the nearest eye bank. Mr Ganesh gave the information to Ms Parul Bishnoi, of Jaipur for further coordination.  She rang up CIVIL HOSPITAL, Gandhinagar and coordinated the corneal donation of Late Ms. Santokben(84). The corneas were successfully retrieved by 12.15 am.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family of Ms Santokben for their decision to give sight to two people even in times of grief. 

Report by – Mr Ganesh C

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#58:

On October 28th, 2023, Mr. Suryaprakash Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, Begaluru was given information of a possible eye donation. Ms. Anitha Hada received a helpline call  at 11.30 am from Mrs Vandana about her uncle Mr Gajendra dying of cardiac arrest at Ulsoor,  Bengaluru.The deceased's family were discussing eye donation.  She gave the details to Mr Surya Prakash. 

Mr Gajendra, a 48 years old man died due to cardiac arrest at his residence in Ulsoor Bangalore. The family was interested in giving vision to two people through donation of cornea.  Mr. Suryaprakash contacted the Narayana Nethralaya team and the cornea donation was successful at around 01:30pm.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Ms.Vandana and her family members for contributing to this cause.

Report by – Mr Surya Prakash

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#59:

In the early morning of October 26, 2023, Mr Bulu Behera received a call for a possible donation in Pune. The message and details of the caller were given to Mr Jagdish Borude, Transplant coordinator, MOHAN Foundation at Pune. Mr Jagdish contacted Mr Girish Belande, son of Mrs Alka at Bibawewadi, Pune around 8 AM.

Mrs Alka Bhelande, 74 years old lady died due to cardiac arrest  at her residence at Bibawewadi, Pune. The family was interested in donating the body of the deceased. Mr Jagdish contacted Dr Mandar Ambike, HOD and Deputy Dean, Symbiosis Medical College, Lawale Pune for body donation.

Mr Jagdish also helped  the family to get a Death Certificate of  the deceased. Mr Rahul Jadhav and his team from the Anatomy Department came to the residence, received the mortal remains of Mrs Alka  at 2 pm and fulfilled the family's wish  to donate her body.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr Girish Bhelande, and his family r for contributing for this cause.

Report by – Mr. Jagdish Borude

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#60:

It was Sunday October 21, 2023, that Ms Parul Bishnoi, Helpline Counselor in Jaipur received a call regarding a possible eye donation from Bathinda city, Punjab. At 12:45 pm Mr Bhupinder Singh called to say his father had just passed away. 

His shivering yet strong and conscious voice expressed the wish of donating the eyes of his late father Shri Joginder Singh. Shri Joginder Singh ji had lived a very healthy life and never worn any vision aided spectacles ever in his life even at the age of 78 years. The son wanted the donation to be conducted as soon as possible to give vision to others. The next of kin were given important instructions to be followed before eye donation ... for eg (placing a moist cloth on deceased 's eyes, keeping 2 pillows under the head, keeping the body in A.C. temperature) while the coordination process started.

Upon receiving relevant information from the family, the counselor rang 4 hospitals and the 4th hospital gave the lead to Eye Sure Super Speciality Hospital, Bhatinda. Upon calling the hospital in charge - Mr Daljeet Singh and conveying to him the urgency and details, he told that as it is Sunday so all 3 technicians were not available at the moment. He needs to recheck with them who actually could possibly be helpful. 

At 1:18 pm the final confirmation message came from Mr Daljit Singh that Dr. Sabia Handa (a cornea specialist) will proceed with the cornea retrieval procedure and both finally accomplished the cornea retrieval process by 2:30 pm. 

The eye retrieval team of the hospital thanked the counselor and MOHAN Foundation NGO team for helping them receive a set of corneas. MOHAN Foundation team thanks the staff of Eye Sure Super Speciality Hospital, Mr Daljit Singh and Dr Sabia Handa whose promptness and apt actions made this possible.

We, at MOHAN Foundation also wholeheartedly thank the family of Shri Sadar Joginder Singh ji for their generous gift of sight that will extend the gift of vision to two other people within a week of the donation.

On enquiring after a week, the hospital informed the counselor that both corneas were successfully transplanted in patients on October 30, 2023

Report by – Ms Parul Bishnoi

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#61:

On October 01, 2023 at 3.40PM Mr. Ganesh, MOHAN Foundation received a call from Arachalur, near Erode. Ms Saranya said in a tremulous voice that she had lost her 58 year old father, Mr Haridass to cardiac arrest and she wished to pass on his vision to someone. She needed assistance to make this come true. Mr Haridass was a school bus driver, and was very affectionate with the children and willing to help anyone in need.

As it was Sunday, Mr Ganesh rang up all the eye banks in Erode to know their working status and to link them up with Ms Saranya. After multiple calls, Arasan Eye Bank answered the call and were willing to retrieve the corneas.

With support of the family members the corneas were successfully retrieved by Arasan Eye Bank by 6.00 PM. The donor family thanked MOHAN Foundation for the support and fulfilling their deceased person's final wish.

MOHAN Foundation wholeheartedly thanks the family of the deceased for a noble decision at a crucial time.

Report by – Mr Ganesh C

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#62:

On August 24, 2023, Mr. Ganesh C, Marketing Coordinator, Chennai Office, MOHAN Foundation, received a helpline call from Dr. Ruby Mitra resident of Rohini, New Delhi. Dr. Ruby's mother named Mrs. Tapati Mitra passed away due to cardiac arrest in a nearby hospital. Mrs. Tapati wished for organ donation when she was alive. 

Mr. Ganesh shared Dr. Ruby's contact details with Ms. Simran Anand, Programme Office NCR Office. Ms. Simran then contacted AIIMS Eye Bank, New Delhi. She informed the eye bank and corneas were retrieved successfully at 9:00 a.m. The family also wished to donate skin but it couldn't happen due to non functionality of the skin bank in Delhi.

MOHAN Foundation thanked Dr. Ruby and the  family for supporting the noble cause of eye donation. A special thanks to the Eye Bank for taking prompt action on the eye donation call and seamlessly coordinating the process.

Report by – Ms Simran Anand

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#63:

On August 18, 2023, Mr. Ganesh C, Marketing Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, received a helpline call from Dr. Rubesh Sinha Roy, Behala, Kolkata stating his brother Mr. Amit Chakraborty had passed away. The family was considering  donation of his  body as per the wish of the deceased.

Mr. Ganesh contacted Mr Sujan Bhattacharyya of Barasat Samajik Seba Pratisthan. He coordinated with the donor family and assisted them in donating the body to National Medical College, Kolkata.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr. Rubesh Sinha and his family for supporting the noble cause. A special thanks to Mr Sujan promptly supporting and coordinating the process.

Report by – Mr. Ganesh C

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#64:

On 27^th June, 2023 at 8:02 PM, Dr Hemal Kanvinde received a call on the helpline from Mr. Hanumant of Jodhpur.  He wanted information regarding eye and body donation of his relative Shri Vallabh Das Parmar 79 years of age. He passed away  due to cardiac arrest at 7 PM.

Details of the caller were conveyed to the MFJCF team in Jaipur.  Ms. Srishti Kulshrestha of the MF Jaipur team initiated the coordination. She called Rajasthan ESBR helpline number 1800-202-0388. She gave all the information to Rajendra Jain, counselor attending the call.  Soon a message was received from Mr. Rajendra Jain at 8.37 PM that eye donation was not possible due to high WBC count. Body donation was done on 28^th June, 2023 and it was handed over to SMS Medical College, Jodhpur.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family of Shri Parmar for thinking of saving lives even in the times of great grief. 

Report by – Ms. Srishti Kulshrestha

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#65:

On 22^nd June 2023, Mr. Sudhakar reached out to MOHAN Foundation Toll Free helpline number informing Dr. Bhanu Prakash about his father who succumbed to a cardiac arrest and wishes to donate his body to a medical college for research purposes.

Dr Prakash explained in detail the process of body donation and gave a detailed insight into the process of body donation and counselled for corneal donation. The family consented for corneal and cadaveric donation. Dr. Bhanu Prakash- coordinated with Osmania Hospital Superintendent and Osmania Medical college Principal and Anatomy professor Dr.Janaki. Eyes were donated to Vasan Eye Bank and the body was successfully donated to Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad on June 23rd, June 2023.

MOHAN Foundation salutes the family’s decision for cadaveric donation during their darkest hours of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#66:

On June 16th, 2023, at 11:40 pm, Ms. Kavitha S, the Marketing Coordinator from Chennai, received a phone call from Coimbatore. During the call, she was informed that Mr. Chandran, a 62-year-old male, had passed away suddenly at his home due to a heart failure. The family expressed their wish to donate both his eyes and his body for a noble cause. Ms. Kavitha explained that eye donation needed to take place within 6 hours and promptly conveyed this message to a group in need of assistance.

Mr. Ganesh, another Marketing Coordinator, then contacted the Coimbatore Medical College to initiate the necessary procedures. The contact details were shared with the grieving family, and on June 17th, 2023, at 3:00 am, the body was transported to the hospital.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their decision to donate the body of their loved one.

Report by – Ms Kavitha

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#67:

On May 2, 2023, Mr. Ganesh C (Marketing Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation-Chennai) received a call from Mr. Sankalp Chhabra via the MF National Organ Donation Toll free helpline number for donating the corneas of his uncle Mr. Ashish Mehta. Mr. Ganesh contacted Ms Preeti Goswami, (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation-Delhi NCR) at 1:36 AM and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Gurugram.

Ms. Preeti called Mr. Sankalp to find out the details of the case. His uncle, Mr.Ashish Mehta, age 58, a permanent resident of Gurugram, Haryana. He died due to cardiac arrest at home. Mr. Ashish was very keen to donate his eyes as he believed that it was the biggest donation a person could ever do after his life to give someone a gift of sight. His parents had also donated their eyes.

Ms. Preeti explained to the family the procedure of eye donation and also discussed body donation. At the end, the family members gave consent for corneal donation. Ms. Preeti coordinated with National Eye Bank at AIIMS, Delhi for the retrieval of corneas. The corneas were successfully retrieved at 3:55 AM.

Report by – Ms, Preeti Goswami

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#68:

On 23^rd April 2023, Mr. Srinivas reached out to MOHAN Foundation Toll Free Helpline number informing about their father who succumbed to a cardiac arrest and wishes to donate his body to a Medical College for research purposes. Mr. Ganesh attended the call and informed Dr. Bhanu Prakash- Transplant Coordinator-MOHAN Foundation, Hyderabad to coordinate the process. 

Dr. Bhanu Prakash reached out to the bereaved family and provided a thorough explanation of the body donation procedure. The body was successfully donated to Gandhi Medical College in Hyderabad on April 23, 2023. MOHAN Foundation salutes the family’s decision for cadaveric donation during their darkest hours of grief.

Report by – Dr Bhanu Prakash

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#69:

On Sunday April 23, 2023, Mr. Ganesh C, Marketing Coordinator, received a call from Goa, regarding whole body & cornea donation. Ms. Vasuda informed the counselor that her father  had  passed away at Redkar Hospital, Pernem Goa due to kidney failure. The family belonged to Vengurla, Maharashtra.

The information was passed to Mr. Gabriel, who further coordinated to the office assistant of SOTTO GOA, Jt. Director, as the Jt. Director, was busy conducting  a  workshop. Mr Gabriel was advised to get in touch with the Anatomy Dept. Goa Medical College (GMC) Bambolim Goa.

Mr Gabriel then spoke with Ms. Vasuda  and the treating doctor  and shared the  contact information of the Dean, Goa Medical College. Mr. Ganesh C of MOHAN Foundation Chennai  had already spoken to the Dean of GMC and Dean instructed the Jt. Director SOTTO that the family can bring the body to GMC morgue for preservation and do the paperwork the next day, as it was a Sunday.

The family got the affidavits and death certificate and submitted it to the Anatomy Dept, for the body to be used for medical studies. The cornea donation didn’t take place as there was no facility to retrieve and store the cornea. 

MOHAN Foundation thanks Ms. Vasuda, and her family members for the donation. MOHAN Foundation also appreciates the support received from the  Dean of GMC, Jt. Director, Sotto Goa, HOD Anatomy Dept. GMC & doctors & staff of Redkar Hospital, Dhargal Pernem Goa

Report by – Mr Gabriel Pereira

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#70:

On the night of April 10, 2023, Dr Hemal Kanvinde received a call for organ donation in Mumbai.  The caller said his grandmother had died and family was willing for organ donation. On further discussion it was understood that the death was due to cardiac arrest after a long illness and so the family was counselled that organ donation cannot be done. Cornea and skin donation as well as voluntary body donation was suggested.

Ms Vijaya Tawde was 87 years of age when she left this world. Her grandson Mr. Parth Tawde called the helpline. She is survived by three children. Dr. Hemal gave references for a few eye banks, but it was not successful due to the age being more than 80, the eye banks were unable to fulfil the families wish. Family decided for skin donation, which was done through the National Burn Centre’s Skin bank at Airoli, Navi Mumbai.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the Tawde family for their altruistic gesture in the greatest time of grief.  This donation was featured in newspapers and TV Channels.  Mrs Vijaya Shridhar Tawde is survived by her 3 sons and 1 daughter, Shri Vinod Tawde Bharatiya Janata Party’s National General Secretary Shri Vinod Tawde, Shri Vilas Tawde RSS Sanghachalak, Shri Vivek Tawde and Smt. Jaya Kadam

Report by – Dr Hemal Kanvinde

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#71:

On April 8th, 2023, Mr Ganesh C, Marketing Coordinator Chennai, received a call from Mumbai for clarification on organ donation. Details of the deceased and contact details of the caller were sent to Mr Jagdish Borude, Transplant Coordinator, Mumbai. 

Mr.  Jagdish spoke to Mr Venkat, son of Mrs Saradha Subramanian, the deceased.  He found that   Mrs Saradha, an 84 years old lady, died due to cardiorespiratory failure at Zen Hospital, Chembur, Mumbai. She had pledged earlier and her family wanted to donate the organs. Mr Jagdish counseled Mr Venkat   that organ donation was not possible due to the cardiac death, and spoke for tissue donation. He also explained the difference between cardiac death and brain death and why organ donation was not possible. The relatives agreed for eye and skin donation. Mr Jagdish contacted Masina Skin bank, Mumbai but it was not possible as the patient had psoriasis all over the body. Mr Jagdish then contacted Dr. Sanskriti, Junior Resident, Ophthalmology Department of Sir Jamshedji Duggan Eye bank, JJ Hospital. They did retrieval of both corneas and enucleation of whole eye balls.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr Venkat Krishnan, and his family members for contributing to this cause.

Report by – Mr Jagdish Borude

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#72:

On March 25, 2023, Mr Ganesh C, Marketing Coordinator received a call through organ donation helpline number from Rajiv Gandhi General Government Hospital (RGGGH), Chennai. Mr. Sai Prasad called, enquiring about the possibility of eye donation as his mother, Ms Radha Mani, 82 years, was on death bed and her wish was to donate organs, or at least eyes after death. The details of the caller were shared with Mr Ponraj, Transplant Coordinator, RGGGH for further support and assistance.

Ms Radha Mani, was a teacher by profession for over 25 years and was also a dedicated Carnatic singer, after retirement she taught music to the local children. She always wanted to donate organs after death to save someone’s life. On March 25, 2023 she passed away and to honour her wish, her son donated her corneas to the Eye Bank at Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Egmore with the support of Mr Ponraj.

MOHAN Foundation extends its warm gratitude to Mr Sai Prasad and family for his noble act and Ms Radha Mani for the altruistic donation.

Report by – Mr Ganesh C

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#73:

On 21^st March 2023, at 2:45 pm, there was a call on the MOHAN Foundation Helpline, from a friend of the family for body donation in Jaipur. Ms. Srividya, the counsellor from Hyderabad attended the call and forwarded information to Jaipur office.

Mr. Nitesh Kumar Wadhwani had lost his aunt Nikita and the family was keen for Body Donation, they belonged to Jaipur.

Dr Anita Hada of the MOHAN Foundation Jaipur team to coordinate. Anita called Nitesh Wadhwani and got all details.

Nikita Manglani 45 years, was a resident of Surya City, Agra Road, Jaipur and it was the desire of her husband Mr. Prakash Manglani and all family members that her body should be donated. Next, Anita called up Mr Kamal Sacheti, of the Jain Social Group Central Sanstha for the coordination of the body donation.

Kamal Sacheti got in touch with the family and started the procedure and with the active support of Dr Seema, Dr Dhiraj Saxena, Dr Saroj & other staff of the Anatomy Department. her body was handed over to SMS Medical College Jaipur on 21.03.2023 at 06.00 PM and a sapling was planted in her memory at the college campus.

Report by – Dr Anita Hada

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#74:

In the morning of March 21, 2023, the Toll free Helpline received a call for a probable eye donation from a family in Patna. Mr Bulu Behera, Transplant coordinator of Nagpur answered the call and sent the information to Dr Hemal Kanvinde, Quality Assurance Office MOHAN Foundation Chennai.

Mr Rajendra Sah said that he had lost his father at 8.00 am and the family was discussing eye donation. The 66 year old Mr Radhe Shyam Sah was a policeman in the Railway Protection Force of Eastern Railway Division at Danapur.  He was fond of local music and folk songs in his younger days. He fell sick after the festival of Holi, was taken to the hospital but did not revive. He is survived by two sons and their families. Mr Rajender tried to complete eye donation after the death of his mother a few years ago, but did not know how. So he wished to complete this desire that his father's donation will help to give sight to two people.

Dr Hemal Kanvinde contacted Mr Amit Kumar who worked earlier at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science, eye bank. They further coordinated with Mr Maruti Baldeo of the Eye Bank of Bihar and cornea retrieval was completed successfully by Dr Sumedha by 11 am.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family and the IGIMS Eye Bank of Bihar for their quick response.

Report by – Dr. Hemal Kanvinde

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#75:

On 14^th March 2023, Mr Bulu Behera received a helpline call for the possibility of corneal donation from the family in Telangana. The information was passed to Dr Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator in Hyderabad for follow up. Mr. Krishna Kishor wanted to donate corneas of his mother Chaluvadhi Jayalaxmi.  The deceased had succumbed to a cardiac arrest at their residence in Vijaywada.

Dr. Bhanu Prakash counselled the family who had several doubts on eye donation and gave a detailed in-depth understanding of corneal donation. Dr. Bhanu Prakash coordinated with Vasan Eye Bank in Vijaywada and corneas were successfully retrieved. MOHAN Foundation salutes the family who donated corneas in their darkest times of grief.

Report by – Dr Bhanu Prakash

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#76:

On March 8, 2023, Ms. Preeti Goswami, Program Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi office, received a helpline call from Mr. Joginder Kumar, a resident of Yamuna Nagar, Haryana asking for assistance in eye donation.  The information was passed on to Ns Neha Sharma for further action.

Ms. Neha Sharma, Program Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Chandigarh office, received a call from Mr. Joginder Kumar. His wife Mrs. Rajni, 43, died in a nursing home at  7:00 a.m. on March 8, 2023 due to cardiac arrest and organ failure. The family was interested in cornea donation.  Ms. Neha then contacted Mr. Raj Kumar of Apna Ashiyana Jann Sewa Dal, Karnal. She checked with the eye bank, and was informed that the corneas were retrieved successfully at 12:50 p.m.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr. Joginder Kumar and his family for supporting the noble cause of eye donation. A special thanks to Mr.Raj Kumar SewaDar eye bank for taking prompt action on the eye donation call and seamlessly coordinating the process despite the Holi celebration in Chandigarh.

Report by – Ms Neha Sharma

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#77:

On March 06, 2023, Ms. Neha Sharma, Program Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Chandigarh office, received a helpline call from Mr. Vipin Ahuja, a resident of Kalkaji, New Delhi. Mr. Vipin's father was admitted to a nursing home in Delhi, and he was in a very serious condition. Mr. Vipin wanted to take care of all the details regarding the organ donation beforehand so everything could be done on time. Ms. Neha shared Mr. Vipin's contact number with Ms. Simran Anand, Program Office, NCR Office. Ms. Simran then coordinated further and asked Mr. Vipin to call her for the same.

Mr. Karam Chand Ahuja, 80, died in a nursing home at 7:00 a.m. on March 8, 2023. The cause of death was cardiac arrest and organ failure. Mr. Vipin, the son of the deceased, called Ms. Simran for cornea donation, as Mr. Karam Chand Ahuja had pledged his eyes for donation when he was alive. Ms. Simran then contacted AIIMS Eye Bank, New Delhi. She informed the eye bank that the corneas were retrieved successfully at 12:30 p.m.

MOHAN Foundation thanked Mr. Ahuja and his family for supporting the noble cause of eye donation. A special thanks to the eye bank for taking prompt action on the eye donation call and seamlessly coordinating the process despite the Holi celebration in Delhi.

Report by – Ms. Simran Anand

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#78:

In the late night of Feb 23, 2023, Ms Simran of MOHAN Foundation Delhi NCR office received a call for a probable body donation in Pune. The information was passed on to Mr Jagdish Borude, Transplant coordinator, in Pune for further action. The caller Mr Ramesh Budhe from Warje, Pune was interested in donation of the body of his father in law.

Mr Bhushan Lal Kaul, 75 years old died at his home due to metastatic malignancy c cardiorespiratory arrest. Relatives wanted to donate the body of the deceased to a Medical College, however the malignancy was a contraindication.

Mr Jagdish then counseled the relatives for whole eye ball donation aSassoon Hospital for enucleation of eye balls and received a consent for the same. Dr Aftrid Rajpuri, Senior resident, Opthalmology Department visited the deceased at home at 1 AM for the retrieval for Nayampalli Eye bank of Sasoon Hospital, Pune.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr. Ramesh Budhe, and his family members for contributing to this cause. A certificate of appreciation was given to family members.

Report by – Mr. Jagdish Borude

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#79:

On February 22, 2023, MOHAN Foundation's Ms. Simran Anand, Program Officer NCR office, attended the helpline call from West Bengal at 2:10 PM.

Mr. Sumer Mal Jain, 69, died at his home in Murshidabad, at 12:30 PM. The cause of death was prostate cancer. Mr. Ashok Jain, the younger brother of Mr. Sumer Mal, called the helpline for cornea donation as Mr. Sumer Mal had pledged his eyes for donation when alive. Ms. Simran then contacted Gorabazar Sahid Khudiram Pathagar Eye Retrieval Centre, Murshidabad, West Bengal. She informed the eye bank and the entire eyeball was successfully retrieved at 4:00 p.m.

Necessary tests were performed to ascertain the viability of the corneas at the eye bank. Once confirmed, the corneas were retrieved and transplanted within 48 hours thus giving sight to two people. The rest of the eyeball was used for research purposes.

MOHAN Foundation thanked Mr. Ashok Jain and his family for supporting the noble cause of eye donation. A special thanks to the Eye Retrieval Center in Murshidabad for taking prompt action on the eye donation call and seamlessly coordinating the process.

Report by – Ms. Simran Anand

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#80:

Nearing midnight of Feb 22, 2023, Ms. Arshiya Fathima H, Helpline counselor attended the call for a probable cornea donation. Ms. Jaya Jairam Project Director, Mumbai was contacted and she advised Arshiya to contact Ahmedabad Eye Bank and provided contact details.

Mrs. Sushilaben Patel, 60 years had passed away at home. Her neighbour Mr. Chetan called to understand the process of organ donation. Ms Arshiya counselled Mr. Chetan and her son Mr. Rajesh Patel for eye donation and they agreed for donation. Ms. Arshiya contacted Dr. Dhanijisha Anklesaria Eye bank and shared the details with Dr. Arpita. The eye bank responded immediately and cornea were retrieved successfully at 1:51 AM of 23 Feb 2023.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr. Rakesh Patel and his family for their effort and successfully donating Corneas. A special thanks to Dr. Arpita, of the eye bank for her coordination and kindness.

Report by – Ms. Arshiya Fathima H

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#81:

In the early hours of Feb 21, 2023, Dr Hemal Kanvinde answered a call for a body and cornea donation from Dhulia, Maharashtra. The caller, Shri Deepak Ruravel informed that his sister in law Mrs Sangeeta age 53, had died of cardiac arrest at home and the family was interested in cornea and body donation. Mrs Sangita was a family loving person with two children.

Dr Hemal took the details and contacted two medical colleges in Dhulia - Annasaheb Chudaman Memorial Medical College and Shri Bhausaheb Hire Government Hospital. She sent details of both hospitals to the family.

However no eyebanks could be detected in the area. The family was able to successfully do voluntary whole body donation at the Shri Bhausaheb Hire Govt Hospital.

MOHAN Foundation salutes the family of donor Mrs Sangita for their generous donation for medical students.

Report by – Dr. Hemal Kanvinde

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#82:

On 16th February, 2023 Ms Vandana Mehta called on the helpline number at 8:00 pm. Counselor Dr Anita Hada attended the call. Ms. Vandana informed that their 75 year-old neighbour Shrimati Rajkumari w/o late Shri Sadhu Ram had just died of cardiac arrest and the family wants to do Body Donation in Hyderabad. Dr. Anitha Hada immediately informed Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator of MOHAN Foundation Hyderabad.

Dr. Bhanu Prakash explained the importance and procedure of the corneal and body donation to the daughter Mrs Renu Agarwal. The family agreed for both donations. The team from Vasan Eye Bank reached the residence for the corneal donation and the retrieval was completed at 12:35 am and the body donation formalities were completed on the morning of 17th February at the ESIC Medical College and Hospital Sanathnagar, Hyderabad.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash S

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#83:

On Feb 12, 2023, Dr. Hemal received a call from Agartala, Tripura for a possible body donation. Mr Sagar Rawat was inquiring about the process and details of Government Medical Colleges in Agartala. He said that they had lost their grandfather Shri Haradhan Dev 95 years of age. He was a farmer and at the age of 65 had discussed with his family about being useful even after death. He had registered with Agartala Medical College for body donation.

The family was having difficulty contacting someone and starting the process. Dr Hemal counselled them that being a Sunday the body may be taken to the mortuary first and donation will be accepted the next day. She sent contact details of the Anatomy Department of Agartala Medical College to Mr Rawat.

Shri Dev's body was taken to the mortuary by a private ambulance and the next day his son completed the donation and fulfilled his father's wish.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family of Shri Haradhan Dev for their donation.

Report by – Dr. Hemal Kanvinde

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#84:

In the evening of 4th January 2023, Helpline Counselor Ms Kavitha received a call for a possible body donation from Pune. Dr Jain from Silver Birth Hospital, Dhayari, Pune wanted to know how to proceed for organ donation for one of his patients. The details were forwarded to Mr Jagdish Borude, transplant coordinator, MOHAN foundation working in Sassoon General Hospital, Pune.

Dr Vijaya Digambar Lakhkar, 77 y old anaesthetist died because of aspiration Pneumonitis c cardiopulmonary arrest on 4th January 2023 at 11.05 PM. Her nephew Mr Aniruddha Lakhkar and Mr Bhupesh Deshmukh had informed MOHAN foundation through telephonic helpline that the deceased had pledged for body donation some years before. Being a medical health professional she knew the importance of organ donation and organ donation.

Mr Jagdish contacted Dr Jain and Dr Prashant, treating physician of Silver Birth hospital and reached hospital. Mr Jagdish counseled relatives of deceased for eye donation as relatives only wanted to go for body donation. After getting consent for eye donation, Mr Jagdish contacted opthalmologist from Sassoon Hospital for eye donation. Dr Pooja, junior resident, along with her team successfully completed the eye donation in the early hours of Jan 5, 2023.

Mr Jagdish then contacted Dr Mandar Borkar, Head of anatomy department, Symbiosis Medical College, Pune for body donation. After all documentary process completion, the relatives along with deceased went to Symbiosis Medical College for body donation. At 5. AM in the morning, the body donation done successfully.

At the end, Mr Jagdish handed over appreciation certificate to the relatives. Family thanked MOHAN foundation and Sassoon Hospital team for their efforts. Mr Jagdish thanked and appreciated Mr Aniruddha Lakhkar and Mr Bhupesh Deshmukh and their family members for contributing to the noble cause.

Report by – Mr. Jagdish Borude

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#85:

On December 31, 2022, Dr. Prerna Soni (Project Manager, MOHAN Foundation Jaipur Citizen Forum) received a call from Mr. Annu Vats, who called on the MF National Organ Donation Toll free helpline number for donating the corneas of his maternal uncle Mr. Keshav Rishi. Dr. Prerna contacted Ms Preeti Goswami, (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation-Delhi NCR) at 4 PM and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi-NCR.

Ms. Preeti called Mr. Annu to find out the details of the case. His maternal uncle, Mr. Keshav Rishi, age 74, died due to cardiac arrest. He was declared brought dead at Jeewan Anmol Hospital, Mayur Vihar, Delhi.

Mr. Keshav Rishi always believed in selfless giving. His only wish was to donate his body so he pledged for body donation 20 years ago. At first, all family members except the eldest daughter of Mr. Keshav gave their consent for both eye and body donation. After few discussions with Ms. Preeti, his daughter also gave her consent to fulfill her father’s last wish.

Ms. Preeti explained to the family the procedure of eye and body donation and coordinated with Dr. Shroff eye bank, Delhi for the retrieval of corneas and Dadhichi Deh Daan, Delhi for body donation. The corneas were successfully retreived at 5:30 PM and the body was donated to AIIMS, Delhi.

Report by – Ms. Preeti Goswami

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#86:

On 27th December 2022, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde received a helpline call at night from the family of Mr. Kaja Rama Mohana Rao from Hyderabad. They expressed their will to donate the body for medical and research purposes. She immediately informed Dr. Bhanu Prakash- Transplant Coordinator-MOHAN Foundation in Hyderabad to coordinate the entire process.

Dr. Bhanu Prakash counselled the family and clarified their queries on cadaveric donations and gave a detailed understanding on the subject. He also counselled for cornea donation. Corneas were successfully retrieved and donated to Vasan Eye bank and body was donated to Mediciti Medical College in Medchal District Telangana.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their noble gesture.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#87:

In the early morning hours of Dec 24, 2022, Dr. Hemal received a call for a probable cornea donation. Mr Jude called at 6 am from Perambur Railway Hospital stating that his grandfather has passed away due to cardiac arrest and the family were interested in donation.

Mr Thulkapian (91 year) was a lawyer by profession, avid reader, had authored 4 books and was pursuing his PhD. He wanted all children to understand the Indian Constitution, their rights and their duties and was passionate about education. On Dec 24 he breathed his last. His three children, (doctors and lawyer) wanted to fulfil his wish of becoming an organ donor.

Mr Jude called the helpline and got assistance from Dr Hemal from the Chennai office. Cornea and skin donation was successfully done by Sankara Nethralaya and Kilpauk Medical College respectively. On the eve of Christmas, the family lit up the lives of two people. MOHAN Foundation thanks them for their generosity in times of grief.

Report by – Dr. Hemal Kanvinde

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#88:

On 22nd December 2022, Ms. Srividya Subramanian of Hyderabad received a call on the helpline from the staff of Bodyline Hospital, Ahmedabad about the possibility of cornea donation. The patient Mrs. Saroj Raman Lal 80 years a resident of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, suffered a fatal cardiac pulmonary arrest aat around 2:30PM. Ms Srividya immediately reported the case to Dr. Hemal Kanvinde Q.A Officer, Chennai.

Mrs Saroj Raman Lal was admitted in Bodyline Hospital due to Tuberculosis and ill health and hence the family wanted to donate his corneas. Dr. Hemal approached Mrs. Priya Ben Shah , Transplant coordinator of IKDRC, Ahmedabad who immediately contacted Civil Eye Hospital for corneal retrieval. Corneas were successfully retrieved and utilised for two corneal blind patients. MOHAN Foundation salutes the family for their intention to donate corneas even during the time of utmost grief.

Report by – Ms. Srividya Subramanian

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#89:

On 17th December 2022, Dr Bhanu Prakash received a helpline call for the possibility of corneal donation from the family of Mr. Basaweswar who wanted to donate corneas of the deceased. The deceased who was a government school teacher met with an accident and was hit by a two-wheeler while he was on the way to his school in Sanga Reddy District, Telangana.

Dr. Bhanu Prakash counselled the family who had several doubts on eye donation and gave a detailed in-depth understanding of corneal donation. Dr. Bhanu Prakash coordinated with Vasan Eye bank and corneas were successfully retrieved thus saving two other lives.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their donation in times of utmost grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#90:

On the night of 1th December 2022, around 9:30 pm, one of the counsellors (Anita) received a call from Dr S K Deshmukh, the Medical Officer at Primary Health Centre. Chandanapuri, Taluka Sangamner, Ahmednagar and he informed that a young 19 year old girl Vaishnavi, had died in a road accident and her family were desirous of donating her eyes/ organs.

After counselling, the family agreed to proceed for Eye and Skin donation. Dr Anita Hada, gave the details of the closest centres and the cornea of the deceased was retrieved by Pravara Medical Trust And Rural Hospital, Loni, Block -Rahata District Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Skin donation was not completed due to the family not being able to contact the closest Skin Bank at Surya Sahyadri hospital in time.

MOHAN Foundation salutes the family and thanks Dr S K Deshmukh for his assistance in fulfilling the wishes of the family.

Report by – Dr. Anita Hada

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#91:

On November 2, 2022, Dr. Anita Hada (Project Director, MOHAN Foundation Jaipur Citizen Forum) received a call from Mr. Sanjay Kalra, expressing his desire to donate the corneas of his father on the MF National Organ Donation Toll free helpline number. Dr. Anita contacted Ms. Preeti Goswami (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR) at 6:42 PM and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Gurugram.

Ms. Preeti called up Mr. Sanjay to find out the details of the patient. Caller’s father, Mr. Brahma Swarup Kalra was 87 years old, residing in died due to cardiac arrest at home.

The family wanted to be a part of the noble cause of eye donation so after Mr. Brahma Swarup’s death, his son immediately googled “eye donation” and found MOHAN Foundation’s toll free helpline number. The family went ahead with eye donation so that someone else can receive a gift of sight. Ms. Preeti explained to the family the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Y.P.M Niramaya Eye Bank, Gurugram for the retrieval of corneas which was done successfully at 9:00 PM.

Report by – Ms. Preeti Goswami

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#92:

On November 1, 2022, Mrs. Sandhya Agarwal from Cuttack, Odisha (Organ Donation Ambassador trained by MOHAN Foundation) received a call from Mr. Pradeep Jain, who called on the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation Toll free helpline number. Mrs. Sandhya contacted Ms Preeti Goswami, (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation-Delhi NCR) at 10:18 AM and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi-NCR.

Ms. Preeti called Mr. Pradeep to find out the details of the case. His mother, Mrs. Sunita Jain, age 86 of Faridaba, Haryana, died due to cardiac arrest at home.

Mrs. Sunita Jain pledged for eye donation in 2018 so to fulfill her last wish, her son called on MF National Organ Donation Toll-free Helpline number for the corneal donation. Ms. Preeti explained to the family the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Shakti Eye Bank, Faridabad for the retrieval of corneas which was done successfully at 12:30 PM.

Report by – Ms. Preeti Goswami

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#93:

On October 31, 2022, Ms. Arshiya Fatima (Helpline Counsellor, Chennai, MOHAN Foundation) received a call from Mr. Puneet Gupta, who called on behalf of his friend Mr. Pavan Kumar Bajaj. Ms. Arshiya contacted Dr. Muneet Kaur Sahi, (Programme Manager, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR office) at 2:57 PM and requested her to coordinate this case from Delhi.

Dr. Muneet forwarded the case to Ms. Simran Anand (Programme Manager, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR office). Ms. Simran called Mr. Puneet to coordinate the case. Mr. Pavan's mother Mrs. Sudesh Rani Bajaj, age 78, died from natural causes at their residence in Gurugram-122002 on October 31, 2022 at 12:55pm. Mrs. Sudesh was suffering from thyroid, diabetes and brain illness for the past many years. She was not responding much for the past couple of days.

Mr. Pavan got to know about eye donation from his friend Mr. Puneet. The family went ahead with eye donation so that someone else can receive a gift of sight.

Ms. Simran counselled with the family about the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Y.P.M Niramaya Eye Bank, Gurugram for the retrieval of corneas which was done successfully at 4:10 PM.

Report by – Ms. Simran Anand

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#94:

In the early morning hours of 29th October 2022, Dr Hemal Kanvinde received a call on the helpline for a probable cornea donation in Mumbai. Mr Piyush Parekh said that his relative Mr. Vijay, 60 years, died at home due to cardiac arrest at 4:00 am and the family were discussing eye donation. Dr Hemal gave them a list of eye banks as well as contact details of Ms Rashmi Shetty, MOHAN Foundation’s counselor in Mumbai.

Ms. Rashmi contacted Mr. Piyush Parekh to find out the details of the deceased. Mr. Piyush had already contacted the nearby eye bank at Kandiwali, Mumbai. The eye bank team was on the way to Mr. Vijay’s residency at Kandiwali.

So Ms. Rashmi explained the procedure of skin donation to Mr. Piyush and counseled him to consider skin donation, he spoke to his family members, they were not willing to go forward with skin donation. Mr. Piyush conveyed this message to Ms. Rashmi and thanked for her support and dedication.

MOHAN Foundation salutes Mr. Piyush and his family members for their generosity during their time of utmost grief.

Report by – Ms. Rashmi Shetty

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#95:

On 23rd October, just a day before Deepawali 78 year old Shrimati Anoop Jain breathed her last at midnight in Chennai. As the distraught family tried to cope with the grief, her grandson Akshat reminded everyone that grandma had once read about eye donation in the news and ever since then, she would often say that this is a good cause and when the time comes for her, the family should try and donate her eyes.

Akshat asked his friend. Khush to see how this could be done as it was already midnight and the middle of the festive season. Searching online, Khush found the Toll Free 24 Hour Helpline of MOHAN Foundation and made a call at 12:38 am.

Anita Hada was on duty at the time and took the call. On learning of the desire of the family, she sent the details of Eye Banks and Cornea Retrieval Centres based in Chennai, as per the data on the MOHAN Foundation App to Khush via text message. Then she also called up to confirm and advised them to cover the eyes of the donor with moist cotton wool to keep the corneas in proper condition till retrieval.

The family contacted Shankar Netralaya (No.41. College Road, Chennai) and the team reached their residence and the eye donation was done by 2:00 am. Akshat said the team from Shankar Netralaya was very professional, sensitive and respected the boundaries.

As the sun rose on the day of Deepawali, the light of life was truly lit by late Shrimati Anoop Jain and family.

Report by – Dr. Anita Hada

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#96:

On 23rd October 2022, Ms. Laishram Monica of Manipur received a call on the helpline from Mr. Rohan about the possibility of cornea donation. His grandmother Mrs. Puvvada Padmavati, 83 years of age and a resident of Hyderabad, Telangana, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest at around 2:30PM. Ms Monica immediately reported the case to Dr. Bhanu Prakash Transplant Coordinator, Hyderabad.

Mrs. Padmavati was admitted in Durgabhai Deskhmukh Hospital due to aging and ill health and hence grandson wanted to donate corneas. Dr. Bhanu Prakash spoke to the family and clarified their doubts regarding eye donation.

He immediately contacted Vasan Eye Bank for corneal retrieval. Corneas were successfully retrieved and utilised for two corneal blind patients. MOHAN Foundation salutes the family for their intention to donate corneas even during the time of utmost grief.

Report by – Ms. Srividya Subramanian

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#97:

On 13th October 2022, Mrs V. Kamalaxmi succumbed to a cardiac arrest at her residence at around 3pm. Her husband immediately approached MOHAN Foundation helpline regarding his wish to donate her corneas and give the gift of vision to several others. Dr Bhanu Chandra, Transplant coordinator of MOHAN Foundation Hyderabad clarified the doubts of the family on corneal donation.

Dr Bhanu Chandra immediately contacted Vasan Eye Bank for corneal retrieval. Corneas were successfully retrieved and utilised for two corneal blind patients.

MOHAN Foundation salutes the family for their intention to donate corneas even during the time of utmost grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Chandra

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#98:

On the midnight of 11 Oct 2022, Ms Srividya of Hyderabad office received a call through the helpline for a possible eye donation in Rourkela. The information was given to Dr Hemal in Chennai and was passed on to Organ Donation Ambassador and National Lead for donation of Akhil Bharatiya Marwari Mahila Sammellan (ABMMS) Mrs. Sushila Farmania.

Mrs Sarojini Pattanaik, 82 years passed away at home and her grandson Mr Ram Kishore Pattanaik was interested in eye donation. Mr. Ram Kishore convinced the family that the donation will give sight to two people and finally they agreed. Mrs Sarojini was the glue of the family and kept everyone together, she loved gardening and maintained a beautiful large garden.

The ABMMS leader of Rourkela Ms Kalpana Bagadia spoke with the family and then coordinated with the Drishti Daan Eye bank in - charge Ms. Nalini. In the early hours of Oct 12, 2022 corneas were retrieved successfully by eye-bank technicians of Indira Gandhi Government Medical College Hospital of Rourkela.

MOHAN Foundation is grateful to the family for their donation. MOHAN Foundation also expresses its thanks to the members of ABMMS and Drishti Daan EyeBank for their follow up.

Report by – Dr. Hemal Kanvinde

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#99:

On 8th October, 2022 Mr Jagdish Borude, Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation working in Sassoon General Hospital, Pune received a call from Mr Yogesh Kulkarni, his relative, Mrs Swati Suresh Joshi, 76 years old, died because of sepsis with neurodegenerative disease. Mr Yogesh had called helpline number of MOHAN foundation around 1 pm and Ms Arshiya Fathima H counseled them about body and eye donation and gave them Mr Jagdish's number. Family of the deceased wanted to donate the body for the medical purpose and social cause.

Mr Jagdish checked all parameters i.e cause of death, time of death and other vital details. It was found that the deceased person was died because of sepsis and is a contraindication for body donation. Mr Jagdish then counseled Mr Yogesh Kulkarni for eye donation who spoke to his family for some time and they all agreed for eye donation.

Mr Jagdish then contacted Sassoon Hospital, Othalmology department and Ms Riya Dhende, MSW about the case. Dr Pooja, Junior resident along with her team went to deceased person's home for cornea retrieval and to take case history and pay condolences towards family members.

Dr Pooja and other team members approached to deceased person's home and did retrieval of whole eye balls and thus tissue donation was successful. At the end, Dr Pooja handed over appreciation certificate to Mr Yogesh Kulkarni. Family thanked MOHAN foundation and Sassoon Hospital team for their efforts. Mr Jagdish thanked and appreciated Mr Yogesh Kulkarni and his family members for contributing noble cause.

Report by – Mr. Jagdish Borude

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#100:

On 5th October Ms. Namita from Bengaluru made a call to MOHAN Foundation helpline number and enquired about organ donation after death. She said that her mother Mrs. Mohini of 73yrs of age was aiing and had spoken of donation. Ms. Ranjini Shankar the project officer, MOHAN Foundation Begaluru explained all details and counselled for whole body donation after the death.

Subsequently in the early morning hours of 15th October 2022, Ms. Namita made a follow up call to MOHAN Foundation helpline number. Ms. Anitha Hada of Jaipur office received the call and directed the informtion to Ms Ranjini. Ms. Namita informed that her mother Mrs. Mohini passed away early morning on 15th October 2022, at Kites Geriatric Care Bengaluru and she wanted to fulfil her mother's wish. With the assistance f Ms Ranjini, the donation was successfully completed at 11.30 am at Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute ( formerly Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital) Bengaluru.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Ms Namitha for her decision to donate the body for medical studies.

Report by – Ms. Ranjini Sankar

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#101:

On 26th September 2022, Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant coordinator, Hyderabad of MOHAN Foundation received an eye donation call through the helpline.

Mrs Sita Devi, 77 years of age died at her home at Kakathiya hills, Mahdapur, Hyderabad, due to cardiac arrest. Her son, Mr.Balaji, wanted to donate his mother’s corneas and called the helpline for assistance and for information.

Dr. Bhanu spoke to Mr. Balaji and explained the procedure. Dr. Bhanu informed Vasan Eye Bank, Hyderabad. Cornea donation was done successfully.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity in times of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#102:

“Madame, it is my wedding anniversary on 24th September!”, said a male voice in accented English.

I was caught off guard for a split second but I immediately congratulated him while I silently wondered if he had dialled the Organ Donation Helpline by mistake.

As I asked him his name, location and where did he get our number, I got prompt replies and his enthusiasm reached over the unseen wires from Kolkata to Jaipur as he elaborated before I could ask “Madame, I and my wife Sujata want to pledge our organs on our 30th Wedding Anniversary and also request some friends to do so, can you help us?” This was on 14th September and I was on my volunteer duty from 6 pm to 9 pm on the Helpline when I got this call at 6:30 pm from Deb Kumar Maitra from Kolkata). I congratulated him again, on his upcoming anniversary on 24th September and then for this wonderful decision. Mr Maitra needed help in execution of the idea.

I got the number of Capt Swamy from Dr Hemal Kanvinde our partner in Kolkata to facilitate and coordinate a group pledging for this wonderful couple. I called up Capt Swamy and explained the situation to him and requested him to facilitate the Organ Donation Pledging at the party as some guests might have some questions.

Mr Maitra was guided to register online on the MOHAN Foundation website and the logo of MF was also sent to him to put on the banner.

On 24th September the party was held at AE 218 Salt Lake Kolkata and 12 friends of the couple pledged their organs. The initiative was also covered by Times of India, Kolkata. The concerned reporter asked me for a quote and on behalf of MOHAN Foundation I appreciated the unique initiative of the couple and wished them luck.

The couple has assured that they will continue to spread the word about Organ Donation and motivate more people to pledge their organs.

As I go back to my daily calls, I wait for a call which will say-“Madame, it is my birthday and ……”.

Report by – Dr. Anita Hada

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#103:

On September 18, 2022, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde (Quality Assurance Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai) received a call from Mr. Manoj Sethi, expressing his desire to donate the corneas of his beloved wife on the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation Toll free helpline number. Dr. Hemal contacted Ms. Preeti Goswami (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR office) at 2:43 AM and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi.

Ms. Preeti called up Mr. Manoj to find out the details of the patient. Caller's wife, Mrs. Mohita Sethi was 43 years old, resident of House no- 24/59, West Patel Nagar, Delhi-110008. At 12:30 AM, she was found unconscious on the bed at home hence immediately taken to Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi. She died due to cardiac arrest.

Mr. Manoj had pledged for eye donation some years ago. So, he wanted to be a part of this noble cause and made a decision to donate his wife’s corneas to give someone a gift of sight. Ms. Preeti explained to the family the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Safdarjung Eye Bank, Delhi for the retrieval of corneas which was done successfully at 7:30 AM.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for this decision.

Report by – Dr. Hemal Kanvinde

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#104:

On 3rd September 2022, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde of MOHAN Foundation received a call through the helpline for donation of cornea. She forwarded the details to Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant coordinator, Hyderabad.

Mr Rama Krishna Raju, 57 years old was a victim of a road traffic accident when his two wheeler was hit by a 4 wheeler on 2nd Sept, 2022. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, was admitted to a private hospital. After a day's treatment the doctors declared him dead at 7:30am on 3rd Sept. The family shifted the body to Gandhi Govt hospital for post-mortem. The deceased’s son Chandu called MOHAN foundation helpline to enquire about the possibility of eye donation.

Dr. Bhanu Prakash spoke to the family of the deceased and explained the procedure. Dr. Bhanu informed LV Prasad Eye bank, Hyderabad and successfully coordinated the cornea donation on 3rd September 2022.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity in times of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#105:

On August 17, 2022, Dr. Anita Hada (Project Director, MOHAN Foundation Jaipur Citizen Forum) received a call from Mr. Raj Singh, age 26 expressing his desire to donate the corneas of his father on the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation Toll free helpline number. Dr. Anita contacted Ms. Preeti Goswami (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR office) at 8:44 PM and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi.

Ms. Preeti called up Mr. Raj to find out the details of the patient. Caller's father, Mr. Daya Singh was 63 years old, resident of House no-78, Village-Surhera, Najafgarh, Delhi-110043. At 6 PM, he was found unconscious on the bed at home hence immediately taken to Rao Tularam Memorial Hospital, Jaffarpur Kalan, Delhi, where the doctors declared him brought dead.

The family had learned about eye donation from their neighbourhood, where many people pledged for eye donation. They also wanted to be a part of this noble cause so after Mr. Daya Singh's death, his son immediately googled “eye donation” and found MOHAN Foundation’s toll free helpline number. The family went ahead with eye donation so that someone else can receive a gift of sight.

Ms. Preeti explained to the family the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Y.P.M Niramaya Eye Bank, Gurugram for the retrieval of corneas which was done successfully at 12:30 AM.

Report by – Ms. Preeti Goswami

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#106:

On early morning 11th August 2022, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde received a call for body donation in Hyderabad. She immediately informed Dr. Bhanu Prakash Transplant Coordinator, Hyderabad, about the request. Mr. Nageswar Rao stated that his grandfather B. Balasubramanyam 77/M, had died due to cardiac arrest at their residence in Khajaguda, Hyderabad. B.Balasubramanyam had pledged for body donation many years ago and the family wanted to fulfil his wishes.

Dr. Bhanu Prakash explained & coordinated the whole process of body donation with the family of the deceased and also coordinated with Dr. Prajaktha, Professor of Anatomy and Principal of ESIC Medical college, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad. Corneas were donated to LV Prasad Eye Institute.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generous gesture.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#107:

On 31st July 2022, Dr. Bhanu Prakash received a helpline call for assistance in body donation. Mrs. Anitha stated that her father Mallikarjun Rao had succumbed to cardiac arrest at their residence in Vijayawada, AP. He had pledged for body donation and expressed his will to donate organs to his family. Hence, to fulfill the wishes Mrs. Anitha reached out to MOHAN Foundation for the same.

Dr. Bhanu Prakash explained the process of body donation with a detailed overview on body donation. The family agreed to donate Mr. Rao’s body to a medical college. Dr. Prakash coordinated with Dr. Swathi Anatomy professor Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Medical college, Andhra Pradesh.

Finally, the wishes of the departed was fulfilled with the Body Donation at Siddhartha Medical College, Andhra Pradesh.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#108:

On 16th July 2022, Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator in Hyderabad received a helpline call for corneal donation from Mr. Anil stating that his father Mr. P.B Jayadev succumbed to cardiac arrest. The deceased had pledged to donate organs. Fulfilling his father’s request Mr. Anil Jayadev reached out to MOHAN Foundation toll free number for corneal donation.

Dr. Bhanu Prakash addressed the family and counselled them for Body Donation also. The grieving family asked for some time and agreed to donate their loved one’s corneas and body to a Medical College. Dr. Prakash coordinated the corneal and body donation. Mr. Jayadeva's corneas were donated to LV. Prasad Eye Institute and the body was taken to Gandhi Medical College for research purposes.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity in times of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#109:

On July 15, 2022, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde (Quality Assurance Officer, MOHAN Foundation) received a call from Mr. Prince Mahana, expressing his desire to donate the corneas of his maternal uncle on the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation and Transplant helpline number. Dr. Hemal contacted Ms. Preeti Goswami (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR office) at 6:37 AM and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi.

Ms. Preeti called up Mr. Prince to find out the details of the patient. Caller's uncle, Mr. Rajinder Gandhi was 64 years old, resident of New Delhi. At 2:30 AM, he was found unconscious on the bed at home hence immediately taken to Pushpanjali Medical Centre in Anand Vihar, Delhi, where the doctors declared him brought dead. Mr. Rajinder was a healthy man and had no medical history. He was playing with his grandchildren till 12 PM and went to sleep and after that he never woke up.

Mr. Rajinder pledged for eye donation in April 2020. So, the family wanted to fulfill his last wish. After his death, Mr. Prince immediately googled “eye donation” and found MOHAN Foundation’s toll free helpline number. The family went ahead with eye donation so that someone else can receive a gift of sight.

Ms. Preeti explained to the family the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Dr Shroff Charity Eye Hospital - Eye Bank, New Delhi for the retrieval of corneas which was done successfully at 9:20 AM.

Report by – Ms. Preeti Goswami

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#110:

On 25th June 2022, Mrs Sandhya Agarwal, Organ Donation Ambassador and helpline counselor, received a call for a probable body donation from Dakshineswar near Kolkata. The deceased was 80 years old, Mr Sujit Kumar Dutta of Kolkata and had died due to a stroke. His family was interested in voluntary body donation. Sandhya counseled them about eye donation as well and the family agreed.

She coordinated with Disha Eye Hospital – Prova Eye bank for cornea donation and College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital for voluntary body donation. Both were successfully carried out.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity during the time of grief.

Report by – Ms. Sandhya Agarwal

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#111:

On 11th June 2022, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde of MOHAN Foundation received a call about a possible cornea donation in Hyderabad. She forwarded the details to Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator, Hyderabad.

Mrs Tara, 70 years old female died at her home at Kawadi Guda Hyderabad, Telangana due to cardiac arrest. Mr. Vishal, her son wanted to donate the corneas so he called MOHAN Foundation’s helpline.

Dr. Prakash spoke to Mr. Vishal (a software professional in High-tech City, Hyderabad) and explained the procedure. Further he informed Vasan Eye Bank, Hyderabad and successfully coordinated the cornea donation.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity in their time of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#112:

On Friday 10th June 2022 Dr Hemal received a call for a probable body donation in Chennai. Ms Radhika said that her relative has passed away and family were interested in body donation. All information was given to her. Later on during follow-up Dr Hemal spoke to Ms Mouli Subramaniam granddaughter of the deceased 94 year old Mr V S Sikharam and gave more information about the systems in private and government hospitals. The family then made the donation at SRIHER.

Mr Sikharam was a jovial person, worked his whole life and retired as DGM Karur Vysya bank. He was well loved by his grandchildren and great grandchildren, enjoyed movies on netflix and led a good social life.

MOHAN Foundation thanks his family for their generosity in the time of grief.

Report by – Dr. Hemal Kanvinde

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#113:

On May 21, 2022, the helpline received a call from Ms. Chhaya Langa from Rajkot (Gujarat), whose brother had been declared brain dead and they were being counselled by the hospital to consider organ donation. Ms. Kavitha, took the call, noted the relevant information and passed it on to Ms. Jaya Jairam of Mumbai for further handling.

While speaking to Ms. Chhaya, Ms. Jaya gathered that her brother, Mr. Bhavesh Baliya, a 42 year old man had met with an accident when his bike skid. He had suffered severe brain injuries and was admitted to a Government hospital, after which he was shifted to a Trust hospital for further treatment. After extensive tests, the doctors confirmed him to be brain dead and informed the family. The family was subsequently counselled for organ donation and while they were considering it, they seemed to have some doubts on the process and whether the Government bodies are involved.

Their questions were - Will we get a certificate or letter from the Government body if we agree to donate?
Is the donor family paid any compensation from the funds that are charged from the recipients during transplantation?

Ms. Jaya explained the process to them and amply assured them about the process being legal. She also explained that organ donations are altruistic in India - neither the recipients are charged for the organs, nor is any compensation paid to the donor family. After speaking to the Gujarat SOTTO representative, she assured Ms. Chhaya that they will be given an appreciation letter/certificate from the Government body after the donation. The lady and her family members thereafter decided to proceed with giving their consent to donate the heart, liver, kidneys and eyes. Liver, pair of kidneys and pair of corneas were donated successfully to patients in Ahmedabad (heart was found unsuitable for donation).

MOHAN Foundation thanks Ms Chayya for the brave decision to donate organs of her brother.

Report by – Ms. Jaya Jairam

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#114:

On May 18, 2022, Ms. Preetha Baskar, Helplimne Counselor, MOHAN Foundation-Chennai received a call from Mr. Lokesh Mittal expressing his desire to donate the corneas of her uncle on the MOHAN Foundation National Organ Donation Toll free helpline number. Dr. Muneet contacted Ms. Preeti Goswami (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR office) at 1:50 PM and requested her to coordinate the case.

Ms. Preeti called up Mr. Lokesh to find out the details of the patient. Caller's uncle, Mr. Pravesh Khanna was 72 years old, resident of Patel Nagar, New Delhi. He died of cardiac arrest at Kalra Hospital, Kirti Nagar, New Delhi. Mr. Chandresh Khanna, son of Mr. Pravesh Khanna spoke with his brother, Mr. Lokesh (the caller) and expressed his interest to donate his father’s eye so that someone else can receive the gift of sight.

Ms. Lokesh informed Ms. Preeti that after his discussion with his brother, he immediately Googled “How to donate eyes and eye donation” and found MOHAN Foundation’s helpline number on the top of the Google page. Hence, he called on the helpline number. This highlighted the visibility of MF’s helpline.

Ms. Preeti explained to the family the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Dr Shroff Charity Eye Hospital- Eye Bank, New Delhi for the retrieval of corneas. Unfortunately, the corneas could not be retrieved due to bleeding of eyes.

Report by – Ms. Preeti Gowswami

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#115:

On 20th April, 2022 Ms. Neha received a call for a possible cornea donation in Mumbai. The message was sent to Ms. Rashmi Shetty for follow up action. Ms. Neha had shared the details and phone number of Mr. Mahesh Kothari - brother-in–law of the deceased - Mr. Chandrakant Jayantilal Shah.

When Ms. Rashmi called Mr. Kothari, he shared that Mr. Chandrakanth was a fit and fine person, for the past few days he was suffering from breathlessness and on 20th April, 2022 morning at around 8.10 AM he stopped breathing and the family members called the doctor. The treating doctor visited their house and diagnosed that Mr. Chandrakant had suffered a cardio-respiratory arrest and declared him dead.

Mr. Chandrakant’s family fondly wished to donate his corneas and skin so Mr. Kothari contacted MOHAN Foundation’s helpline to seek more information about organ donation and the process. Thereafter Ms. Rashmi patiently answered all his queries and counseled them for eye and skin donation.

Ms. Rashmi coordinated with Arpan Eye Bank for eye retrieval and Masina Skin Bank for skin retrieval, eyes and skin was retrieved successfully.

Mr. Kothari thanked Ms. Rashmi for immediately responding to them and for coordinating with the skin and eye bank. MOHAN Foundation salutes Mr. Chandrakant and his family members for their generosity during their time of utmost grief.

Report by – Ms. Rashmi Shetty

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#116:

On 15th April, 2022 at the midnight hours of 12:30 am. Dr. Hemal received a call on MOHAN Foundation Organ donation and transplant helpline. Mr. Ramesh, son of the deceased shared details of his deceased mother Mrs. Appama and was seeking help for cornea donation.

Dr. Hemal redirected the call to Dr. Bhanu Chandra, Transplant Coordinator, Hyderabad as Mrs. Appama belonged to Khammam - a district in Telangana. Mr. Ramesh explained that Mrs. Appama suffered a cardiac arrest and was declared dead by a group of doctors.

Mr. Ramesh’s family fondly wished to donate her corneas as Mrs. Appama expressed her wish to give vision for the blind. Fulfilling his monther’s wish, he contacted MOHAN Foundation’s helpline to seek more information on the process of corneal donation. Dr. Bhanu Chandra explained the process in detail and counselled them for corneal donation.

Dr. Chandra coordinated with Khammam eye bank for corneal retrieval. Mrs. Appama’s corneas were successfully retrieved.

MOHAN Foundation salutes Mr. Ramesh and his family for their generosity during their utmost times of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Chandra

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#117:

In the late night of March 15, 2022, Dr. Hemal received a call from Mr. Krishnamurthy about the death of his close friend Mr. D S Manoharan aged 88 years. The deceased pledged his organs in the year 2014 and had a donor card. The family was interested in fulfilling his wishes.

Dr. Hemal took down the relevant details and coordinated the donation with Sankara Netralaya.

Mr. Manoharan worked in the South Central Railways as Senior labour Relationship Officer at Vijaywada and after retirement had settled down in Tambaram, near the Air Force station. An affable person he was close to the railway ministers of his time like Madhu Dandawate etc. He was honest and true to his work and contributed most of his savings to the betterment of children in orphanages.

MOHAN Foundations thanks the family and his friend Mr Krishnamurthy for their efforts in fulfilling the wishes of Mr. Manoharan.

Report by – Dr. Hemal Kanvinde

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#118:

On February 13, 2022, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde (Quality Assurance Officer, MOHAN Foundation) received a call from Ms. Shweta Sharma at 1.00 am expressing her desire to donate the corneas of her brother-in-law on the MF Toll free helpline number. Dr. Hemal contacted Ms. Preeti Goswami (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR office) at 1:02 AM and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi.

Ms. Preeti called up Ms. Shweta to find out the details of the patient. Caller's brother-in-law, Mr. Ravi Shekhar Mangalmurti was 46 years old, resident Paschim Vihar, New Delhi. He died of cardiac arrest due to throat cancer. It was 12 midnight when he was found unconscious on the bed and was immediately taken to the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, New Delhi, where the doctors declared him brought dead. Mr. Ravi Shekhar suffered from throat cancer. 4 days before his death, Positron emission tomography (PET) CT scan was done and it was found out that the cancer did not spread and the rest of the body was clear.

Ms. Shweta also informed that the entire Sharma family have pledged for body donation which is commendable. She said since Mr. Ravi Shekhar's body could not be donated because of cancer, the family went ahead with eye donation so that someone else can receive a gift of sight. Ms. Preeti explained to the family the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Dr. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital Eye Bank, New Delhi for the retrieval of corneas which was done successfully at 3:00 AM.

The family thanked Ms. Preeti for her efforts and that the report link may be shared withvthem so that it can be circulated among their family and friend's whatsapp group to promote eye donations.

Report by – Ms. Preeti Goswami

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#119:

During the early morning of 12th February 2022, Dr.Hemal of MOHAN Foundation received a call through helpline of a possible cornea donation. The details were forwarded to Ms. Ranjini Shankar MS, Transplant Coordinator, Bengaluru.

Mr. R, 26 years male died due to self-suicide at home at Chamarajpet Bengaluru. Mr. S, his uncle wanted to donate the corneas. Hence, he called MOHAN Foundation helpline.

Ms. Ranjini Shankar MS spoke to Mr. S explained the procedure. Even though it was very much early in the morning, Mr. Marulappa LN Transplant Coordinator informed to Lions Eye Bank and successfully coordinated the cornea donation on the early morning of 12th February 2022.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity in time of grief.

Report by – Ms. Ranjini Shankar & Mr.LN Marulappa

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#120:

On February 3, 2022, Mr. Shridhar Hanchnichal received a call late at night for a possible eye/body donation. The caller, Ms. Y called to say that her father 58 years Mr. SAY had died and they needed information on body donation.

Mr. A used to run an Online Lottery business and was suffering from hepatic encephalopathy for the past three years. It was his wish that his body be donated and the family wanted to fulfill this wish.

Mr. Shridhar gave them all the information and the body was accepted at Sion Hospital in the Anatomy Department. MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their donation.

Report by – Mr. Shridhar Hancnichal

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#121:

During the late night of 2nd February 2022, Dr. Hemal of MOHAN Foundation received an eye donation call through helpline and she forwarded the details to Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator, Hyderabad.

Mr. Subbarao, 65 years old male died at home at Proddutoor, Kadapa district, Andra Pradesh due to cardiac arrest and Mr. Subhash, son wanted to donate his father’s corneas. Hence, he called MOHAN Foundation helpline.

Dr. Prakash spoke to Mr. Subhash and explained the procedure. Even though it was middle of night, Dr. Bhanu informed to Y.V Lakshmi Devi Eye bank, Sneha Seva Samithi, Proddutur, Kadapa district, Andra Pradesh and successfully coordinated the cornea donation on the early morning of 2nd February 2022.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity in time of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#122:

On February 2, 2022, Ms Rashmi Shetty received a helpline call from Ms. Prathyushaof Hyderabad. She stated that a few days ago, her uncle, Mr. Murali Krishna who was based out of United States of America, was visiting his mother at Hyderabad. During this visit, on the fateful day of 2nd February 2022, all of a sudden, he stopped breathing and he was rushed to Care Hospital, Musheerabad. The doctors diagnosed that he had suffered a massive cardiac arrest and declared him dead.

Mr. Murali Krishna’s wife Mrs. Vidya fondly wished to donate her husband’s organs and requested their niece, Ms. Prathyusha to coordinate for the same. Hence, the latter contacted MOHAN Foundation’s helpline to seek more information about organ donation and the process thereafter. Ms. Rashmi patiently answered all her queries and counseled them for eye and skin donation. At first, Ms. Prathyusha was scared that the body might appear disfigured after skin donation and was unsure about proceeding with skin donation. Ms. Rashmi explained to her process of skin and eye donation and gave her confidence that there would be no disfigurement whatsoever and that it would be a very noble decision. Ms. Prathyusha felt reassured and gave the consent to proceed.

Ms. Rashmi coordinated with Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital for eye retrieval. She shared the case details with Dr. Bhanu Prakash (MOHAN Foundation Hyderabad) and requested him to coordinate for skin donation. Dr. Bhanu coordinated with the skin bank team and Mr. Murali’s skin was retrieved successfully. Thus, Mr. Murali’s eyes were donated to L.V Prasad Eye Bank (through Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital) and skin was donated to Osmania hospital.

Ms. Prathyusha thanked Ms. Rashmi and the MOHAN Foundation team for their help. She also shared that drawing inspiration from her Uncle and Aunt, she had gone ahead and pledged her organs.

MOHAN Foundation salutes Mr. Murali Krishna and his family members for their generosity during their time of utmost grief.

Report by – Ms. Rashmi Shetty & Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#123:

During the late night of 1st February 2022, Dr. Hemal of MOHAN Foundation received an eye donation call for a possible eye donation. She forwarded the details to Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator, Hyderabad.

Mr. S, 65 years old male died at home at Proddutoor, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh due to cardiac arrest. His son Mr. M. wanted to donate his father’s corneas. Hence, he called the organ donation helpline.

Dr. Prakash spoke to Mr. M and explained the procedure. Even though it was just past midnight, Dr. Bhanu informed the Y.V Lakshmi Devi Eye Bank, Sneha Seva Samithi, Proddutur, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh. He successfully coordinated the cornea donation in the early morning of 2nd February 2022.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity in times of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#124:

On 30th January 2022, Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator of MOHAN Foundation, Hyderabad received an enquiry on eye donation through helpline. Mrs. J. B, 60 years old died at home at Yellandu town, Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Telangana due to cardiac arrest. Her son Mr. N, contacted the helpline to inquire about eye donation. Dr. Bhanu Prakash gave the necessary information and the precautions for eye donation.

He then immediately informed and coordinated with Khammam Eye bank about a possible cornea retrieval. He also spoke to the donor’s son and all other relatives, and received a consent for cornea donation. Corneas successfully donated to Khammam Eye Bank, in the evening of the same day i.e 30th January 2022.

MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr. N and his family for their generosity in times of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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#125:

On the night of January 24, 2022, Dr. Hemal Kanvinde (Quality Assurance Officer, MOHAN Foundation) received a call from Mr. SD, age 42 expressing his desire to donate the corneas of his son on the Organ Donation Toll free helpline number. Dr. Hemal contacted Ms. Preeti Goswami (Programme Officer, MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR office) at 11:32 PM and requested her to coordinate the case as the caller was from Delhi.

Ms. Preeti then called up Mr. SD to find out the details of the patient. Caller's son, HD was 17 years old, died of cardiac arrest at Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, New Delhi. He was admitted to hospital due to sudden chest congestion. HD suffered from epilepsy also. HD's mother, Mrs. ND was motivated by her cousin brother, who is a Pediatrician in Delhi to donate her son's eyes so that someone else can see the beautiful world through his eyes. He also informed her that for eye donation, she could approach MOHAN Foundation.

Ms. Preeti explained to the family the procedure of eye donation and coordinated with Dr. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital- Eye Bank, New Delhi for the retrieval of corneas. Mrs. ND was highly motivated for her son's eye donation and wanted to know more about organ donation as it is a noble and life-saving cause. Ms. Preeti explained to her the whole procedure and how to pledge for organ donation. Mrs. ND was very impressed by the explanation and said she would discuss with her family about organ donation and would call Ms. Preeti at the time of signing up for organ donation.

The corneas were retrieved successfully by Dr. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital- Eye Bank at 4:30 AM on January 25, 2022.

MOHAN Foundation salutes the donor and especially her family who were motivated to go ahead with the donation.

Report by – Ms. Preeti Goswami

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#126:

On January 14, 2022, Mr. Singh contacted MOHAN Foundation’s helpline and connected with counsellor, Ms. Rashmi Shetty. He informed her about his mother-in-law, Smt. Renu Sinha’s* health condition, whom the doctors had pronounced as brain dead.

Giving more details about his mother-in-law’s medical history he shared that on January 6th, she had suffered massive stroke and lost consciousness. She was then rushed to a nursing home in Bhagalpur, Bihar and was put on a ventilator. After a CT scan, the treating doctor diagnosed that she had suffered brain hemorrhage. Praying for her health condition to improve, the family members rushed her to a bigger hospital in Siliguri. Sadly, there was no improvement in her health and when the doctors gave no hope, the family members shifted the patient back to Bhagalpur nursing home. Thereafter, the concerned doctors declared her brain dead.

Mr. Singh began to read up on the internet about brain death and came to know that a brain-dead individual’s organs could be donated. He discussed this with his family members, but Smt. Sinha’s sons and daughter were still hoping that their mother would recover from her unconscious state. They were divided about the thought of organ donation. Mr. Singh decided to call MOHAN Foundation helpline and seek more information on brain death, organ donation process and how it works. Ms. Rashmi provided all the information about brain death and organ donation process and she requested Ms. Jaya Jairam (Mumbai centre Head) to guide Mr. Singh on how organ donation could be made possible in Bihar, as Bihar had not had any deceased organ donation thus far.

Ms. Jaya got in touch with the Director of ROTTO-SOTTO, Kolkata (Government body), under whose purview the state of Jharkhand fell, and sought her help in this case. The Director assured that she would activate the SOTTO team at Patna and explore possibilities of sending a team of doctors to Bhagalpur for confirming and declaring brain death. Ms. Jaya thanked her immensely for her support.

Ms. Jaya conveyed the planned process to Mr. Singh and left him with the thought that thereafter, it was up to the family to decide whether they wanted to donate organs and that if they decided to do so, they would be saving the lives of at least 5 to 7 people suffering from end stage organ failure. Mr. Singh shared that the rest of the family members were still divided about accepting that their loved one was no more, and that he would revert once they made up their minds. He conveyed his heartfelt appreciation to MOHAN Foundation for having provided him with detailed information and also giving clarity on how organ donation would have been effected, had the family agreed to it. He added that it was a bigger comfort that the organ donation process involved an NGO like MOHAN Foundation and a Government body like ROTTO-SOTTO.

When followed up by MOHAN Foundation, after a few days, it was understood that unfortunately, the patient landed with complications and was diagnosed with COVID-19, due to which the patient suffered cardiac arrest.

While organ donation did not take place, this story highlights the impact of the Helpline.

*Name changed to respect privacy, as per family’s wishes.

Report by – Ms. Rashmi

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#127:

In the late night of January 8th, 2022, Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Transplant Coordinator, Hyderabad, Telangana received information of a possible cornea donation from Dr. Hemal. He collected all details about the caller. Dr. Prakash spoke to deceased’s grandson Mr. S and found that Mrs. S aged 85 years had died at his home at Pothugal village, Siricilla district due to cardiac arrest at 11 pm.

He then spoke to the deceased's son Mr. G., a retired teacher and got consent for donation of his mother’s eyes. Dr. Bhanu Prakash then successfully coordinated the donation of corneas in the early morning on 9th Jan, 2022 with LV Prasad Eye Institute.

MOHAN Foundation thanks the family for their generosity in times of grief.

Report by – Dr. Bhanu Prakash

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