Making Organ Donation a Reality

                                          GLOBAL GIVING REPORT

 
                                      November 2022- January 2023

                      Nationwide celebration of National Organ Donation Day

Nationwide celebration of National Organ Donation Day

MOHAN Foundation organized multiple and unique events to mark the National Organ Donation Day such as awareness talks & sessions (online & face-to-face), lighting up of the monuments in green colour, flash mob, walkathon, information desk at a beach, special screening of the movie - ‘Aye Zindagi’ and an organ donation rally.

Links to access some of the biggest activity reports which were held in this reporting period:

Whistling concert in Hyderabad

https://www.mohanfoundation.org/activities/An-online-virtual-whistling-concert-conducted-in-association-with-Indian-Whistlers-Association-and-Rotary-Club-of-Cantonment-Secunderabad-8549.htm

Rangoli Competition in Chennai

https://www.mohanfoundation.org/activities/294929963007299130062980-29653019299429693021296529953021-4-Rangoli-Competition-to-Promote-Organ-Donation-National-Tollfree-helpline-number-8732.htm

First ever walkathon on organ donation in Imphal, Manipur

https://www.mohanfoundation.org/activities/MOHAN-Foundation-organised-the-first-ever-Walkathon-to-promote-Organ-Donation-in-Imphal-Manipur-8667.htm

Christmas Special Marathon by Biyani Girls College, Jaipur

https://www.mohanfoundation.org/activities/Santa-Run-Marathon-by-Biyani-Girls-College-8698.htm

Grand screening of “Aye Zindagi- life finds a way” based on an incredible true story of organ donation – Delhi NCR & Hyderabad

“Aye Zindagi” is a Hindi-language film based on an incredible true story of Ms. Lalitha Raghuram, Country Director, MOHAN Foundation. The movie has garnered critical praise, with the Times of India giving it 4 stars and calling it a “must watch” and it is rated 8.9/10 at IMDB. MOHAN Foundation organized screenings of this movie in Delhi and Hyderabad to spread a strong message about the need and importance of organ donation to a larger audience.

https://www.mohanfoundation.org/activities/MOHAN-Foundation-organized-a-special-screening-of-movie-Aye-Zindagi-at-PVR-Promenade-Vasant-Kunj-New-Delhi-8609.htm

https://www.mohanfoundation.org/activities/A-Special-Screening-of-the-film-Aye-Zindagi-conducted-at-PVR-Cineplex-RK-Mall-Hyderabad-8595.htm

Multi-city sensitization sessions/events on organ donation

Multi-city sensitization sessions/events on organ donation were organized face to face and on online platforms like Facebook, YouTube & zoom for participants belonging to the cities Delhi,

Chandigarh, Ajmer, Jaipur, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Panjim (Goa), Chennai, Pune, Solan, Shimla, Patna, Gorakhpur, Gandhibagh, Guwahati, Faridabad, Gurugram, Noida, Osmanabad, Karnal, Poanta Sahib (HP), Barotiwala (HP), Kurnool (AP), Vadodara, Jammu (J&K), Lucknow, Dehradun, Raipur, Jharkhand, Bhopal, Baddi (HP) and Imphal. Target audience were school children and staff, students (medical, First-aid, college, NSS, nursing, paramedical, physiotherapy, MSW, law & IIM) NSS volunteers & teachers, hospital & nursing staff, corporate staff, doctors, nurses, transplant coordinators, college staff, dialysis patients, donor and recipient families, JCI members, senior citizens & general public.

In this quarter over32616 people were reached through 198sessions.

Community Radio Programs for mass mobilization

• MOHAN Foundation had tied up with Prasar Bharti, Delhi, to broadcast the message of organ donation through a play in Hindi. It was decided to target the Hindi-speaking states of India. The play’s broadcast schedule was once a week from November 17 to December 12, 2022, on Rohtak Vividh Bharati (103.5 Mhz) and Dehradun AIR (100.5 Mhz). From January 2-29, 2023, it was broadcast on Jamshedpur Primary Channel (PC), 101.7 MHz, Bilaspur local radio station 103.2 MHz and Mathura Primary Channel (PC), 100.1 MHz, every Thursday, Monday and Sunday for four weeks.

• MFJCF organized radio programs on organ donation for the local villages on 101.2 AIR, Jaipur, in the programme titled, “Gram Bharti,” which features discussions on various social, cultural, economic, and agricultural topics in the local Rajasthani language. Three programmes were broadcast on December 19, 2022, January 7, 2023 and January 14, 2023 respectively, featuring experts, Dr. Rajesh Bhojwani, Senior consultant, Surgical Gastroenterologist, Laparoscopic and Bariatric surgery, SDM Hospital, Jaipur; Dr. Vinay Tomar, Urologist, Jaipur and Mr. Gobind Gurbani, team member, MFJCF.

International Awards & Recognition

Ms. Lalitha Raghuram, Country Director, MOHAN Foundation received the “Inspirational Leaders” award at the International Conference for Initiatives for Organ Donation and Transplantation, Nov 7-9, 2022, from His Excellency Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Hamed, Chairman, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi.

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, 2280 calls were facilitated by MOHAN Foundation’s executivesthat resulted in8 eye donations and 1 skin donation saving 17 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 368 lives across India were saved through 267 corneal donations, 46 kidney donations, 16 liver donations, 1 Pancreas donation,10 lung donations, 10 heart donations& 1 skin donation.

Case study

Mr. Ravi Kumar (Name changed)

On November 8, 2022, MOHAN Foundation’s transplant coordinator received a call from the

ICU of KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre (KLE Hospital), Belagavi,

Karnataka, informing her about a potential brain-dead donor.

Mr. Ravi Kumar, age 57, belonged to Sambra village in Belagavi district in Karnataka.

He was a civilian employee in the Indian Air Force and was an active member of the Ex-

Servicemen’s Association. He received the Best Commander Award in 2015. It was a

dreadful day for him on November 5, 2022. While travelling to the Sambra Air Force Station,

he met with an accident. He was received at the KLE Hospital. A major head injury led to loss

of consciousness.

Mr. Ravi was declared brain-dead by the treating team of doctors at KLE Hospital and MOHAN Foundation’s transplant coordinator, Ms. Sheetal Mundada, was called to initiate counselling for organ donation to the family. Ms. Sheetal introduced herself and the Foundation to Mr Ravi’s eldest son and began by explaining the exact condition of his father. He was informed about the organ donation process in the event of brain death. He needed some time to discuss things with his mother and younger brother.

On November 9, 2022, after a few counselling sessions, the family gave their consent for

organ donation. The younger son had a query regarding disfigurement of the body after retrieval of organs. To that, Mrs. Sheetal informed him that organ donation does not cause any obvious disfigurement to the donor’s body. Organs and tissues are always removed with the greatest of care and respect. After organ retrieval, the patient’s incision line from where the organs are retrieved is closed and dressed the same way as after any other operation.

On November 10, 2022 at 10 am, the patient was shifted to the operation theatre for retrieval of the organs, after completion of all the paperwork as mandated by the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994. The organs harvested were the heart, kidneys, and corneas. While the body was being shifted to the ambulance from the mortuary (where the Panchanama and post mortem were done), KLE hospital in association with the MOHAN Foundation, paid a unique tribute to the departed soul with a “Walk of Honour” on November 11, 2022, at 11:30 a.m.

Mr. Ravi gave new lease of life to five people through his organs. The following benefited from the transplant:

• Heart was taken by KLE hospital, Belagavi.
• Kidneys were taken by SDM College Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad.
• Corneas were retrieved by KLE Eye Bank, Belagavi.

The Belagavi and Hubli police provided a green corridor to facilitate the kidney transportation. The story of the donation was covered by the media and published in Vijayavani Newspaper.

Testimonial:

“He was a giving person who would always be the first to help anyone in need. He gave the

gift of life to other people through his organs. He proved that a soldier is a soldier forever”-

Mr. Ravi’s younger son.