By Ms Pallavi Kumar | Executive Director- MOHAN Foundation- Delhi NCR
GLOBAL GIVING REPORT
May, June & July 2022
Saving lives through organ donation
First Living Kidney Transplant in JNIMS, Manipur – History in the Making
The month of June 2022 was a historic month as it marked the beginning of the living donor kidney transplantation program. With support of MOHAN Foundation, Imphal team and under the guidance of Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee MOHAN Foundation, the first living renal transplantation of Jawahar Lal Institute of Medical Sciences (JLNIMS), Imphal was performed on June 18, 2022, followed by 2 more transplants on June 19 and 20 consecutively. Jawahar Lal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JLNIMS), Imphal successfully performed three more living donor renal transplants taking the tally to 6 (3 in the month of June 2022). Hon’ble Chief Minister of the state, Shri N. Biren Singh visited JLNIMS on July 26, 2022, and congratulated the entire team. He also officially discharged the first recipient. During his visit, he announced a reward of Rs. 5 Lakhs to the entire team involved in the transplants.
Media coverage- JNIMS conducts kidney transplant, elates CM : 27th jun22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines
Organ Donation Awareness Sessions/Events
Multi-city sensitization sessions/events on organ donation were organized face to face and on online platforms like Facebook, You Tube & zoom for participants belonging to the cities of Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Nalagarh & Baga, Ropar (Punjab), Raipur, Imphal, Ahmedabad, Hubbli (Bengaluru), Puducherry & Hyderabad. Target audience were police officers, airport staff, first aid students, members of yoga classes, health personnel, students (MSW, college, school, nursing), village community members, hospital staff, teachers, corporate employees, nursing staff, dentists, Rotary club members, RTO agents, shopkeepers, auto drivers, construction workers, members of NGOs, account officers, chief medical officers, NCC cadets & junior commissioned officers, dialysis patients & caregivers, nursing teachers, ITI students & staff, pathology & paramedical staff, electronic dept. students, orphanage members and general public.
In this quarter over 21817 people were reached through 135 sessions.
Mass Awareness through Community Radio Program
For mass mobilization and awareness on organ and cornea donation, MOHAN Foundation partnered with various radio channels from across India. MOHAN Foundation Jaipur Citizen Forum (MFJCF) organized a radio program on organ donation for the rural population of Rajasthan which was broadcast on 101.2 AIR on July 23, 2022. All India Radio’s program for villages, Gram Bharti, features discussions on various social, cultural, economic and agricultural topics in the local Rajasthani language.
MOHAN Foundation Organ Donation Helpline
MOHAN Foundation’s 24X7 helpline gives information on organ donation & transplantation, pan India in 8 languages. MF Helpline number’s visibility is increasing & families on their own look up through internet browsers or phone to find out information about organ donation. In this quarter, 2742 calls were facilitated by MOHAN Foundation’s executives that resulted in 10 eye donations, 2 kidneys, 1 liver thus saving 13 lives.
Organ Donation Facilitated by MOHAN Foundation’s Transplant Coordinators
With continued efforts from MOHAN Foundation’s Transplant Coordinators, the number of donations (eyes, organs & body) have been maximized thus saved many lives in their respective states in this quarter. A Total of 235 lives across India were saved through 186 corneal donations, 24 kidney donations, 15 liver donations, 1 Pancreas donation, 2 lung donations, 3 heart donations 3 skin donations and 1 Heart Valves.
Case study
Mr. Ashok (Name changed)
Mr. Ashok, a 26 years old male who hailed from village Amte in Belagavi district in Karnataka met with an accident on July 18, 2022. He sustained severe head injury and became unconscious. He was immediately taken to Vijay Hospital for treatment. He was then shifted to KLE hospital for further management. Despite several attempts to revive Mr. Ashok, the brain death committee at KLE's Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Belagavi declared him brain dead on July 19, 2022.
Ms. Sheetal, MF’s Transplant Coordinator (TC) placed at KLE hospital, was immediately contacted to counsel the grieving family. The family was grieving the loss of their loved one and had not accepted his death. The situation was grim and family unapproachable, so TC decided to approach the Sarpanch of the village and motivate him to speak to the family for organ donation.
After several sessions with the Sarpanch and the family, TC finally got the consent for organ donation and organ retrieval was completed on July 21, 2022. Mr. Ashok gave many people a second chance to live after his death. His heart was allocated to KLE Hospital & his liver to BGS Global Hospital, Bengaluru and both the kidneys were allocated to SDM hospital, Dharwad.
By Pallavi Kumar | Executive Director- MOHAN Foundation-Delhi NCR
By Pallavi Kumar | Executive Director- MOHAN Foundation-Delhi NCR
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