Training to augment organ donation in India

Varied Efforts to Promote Organ Donation

MOHAN Foundation conducts Tamil Nadu’s first Visual Arts Festival on Organ Donation

MOHAN Foundation, in association with Chennai Metro Rail Limited, organized a first of its kind Visual Arts Competition – LIFE 2.0 on the theme of Organ Donation for students from various schools and colleges in Chennai at the Vadapalani Metro Station. Close to 200 participants creatively used various art forms like paintings, graphics and installations to promote the cause and a thousand others were sensitized.

MOHAN Foundation’s ‘Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme’ in top three finalists at the British Medical Journal Awards South Asia 2018 in Excellence in Medical Education category

MOHAN Foundation’s ‘Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme’ was in the top three finalists at the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Awards South Asia 2018 in the category of Excellence in Medical Education. A total of 1575 nominations were received from nine countries - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka for 10 award categories in phase I. In phase II, 370 nominations were shortlisted. After a final phase of vetting, 30 finalists were picked to make presentations in front of a jury of clinicians, representatives of patients’ organizations, and members of the editorial team of The BMJ on 1^st December 2018 at The Hilton in Chennai.

Pramod Mahajan, a bike rider travels 15,000 km campaigning for organ donation

Mr Pramod Mahajan a 67-year-old farmer, who donated one of his kidneys to an army jawan of his village, undertook a 100-day solo bike tour covering 15000 km, across the length and breadth of our country to spread the message of organ donation.

Master Class on Soft Skills and Communication for Transplant Coordinators at AIIMS, New-Delhi Mohan Foundation organized a workshop on Soft Skills and Communication for Transplant Coordinators from all hospitals across NCR at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi. 

11th Annual Transplant Coordinators’ Conference at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru

Network and Alliance of Transplant Coordinators (NATCO), in association with MOHAN Foundation, held its 11th Annual Transplant Coordinators’ Conference at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru on 3rd and 4th December 2018. This year’s event also saw NATCO and MOHAN Foundation partnering with the International Association of Bioethics to conduct a conference on the theme of ‘Emerging Ethical Dilemmas in Organ Donation and Transplantation’. Furthermore, a symposium on ‘Organ Donation and Transplantation in a World of Inequality’ was organized by the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG) and the Foundation. More than 200 national and international participants including transplant coordinators, hospital administrators and individuals working towards promoting the cause were present.