page_title: MOHAN Foundation
section_title: Promoting organ donation
hierarchical_section_title: MOHAN Foundation / Promoting organ donation
caption_attribution_description: English: Mayor Saidai S.Duraisamy and Chennai Corporation Commissioner P.W.C. Davidar hold a banner to promote organ donation near a sand sculpture made as part of a rally organised by MOHAN Foundation on the Marina beach in Chennai
context_page_description: MOHAN Foundation is a not-for-profit, registered non-government charity organisation in India that works in the field of deceased organ donation and transplantation. MOHAN is an acronym for Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network. It has offices in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi and information centers at Visakhapatnam, Coimbatore and Chandigarh.
context_section_description: In 1994, the Indian parliament passed the Transplantation of Human Organ Act that accepted brain death for organ donation and made organ commerce a punishable offense. For the first time in India it was possible for the deceased to donate their organs and tissues provided the family consented to organ donation. India follows informed consent, unlike Spain and some of the other European countries that follow presumed consent. There are 23 organs in the human body and one can donate kidney, heart, liver, lungs, pancreas and the small bowel as well as tissues like cornea, skin, bone, tendons, cartilage and heart valves.
  However, due to the lack of awareness level among the public and medical professionals, this concept of organ donation in India needed a shift in attitudes.
  The foundation organises awareness talks among public through meetings, holds rallies, organises programmes in colleges and offices with organ donation as a theme, sensitises police and hospital staff on issues related to donation and from time to time honours organ donor families. Donor cards and brochures related to organ donation and brain death are distributed at such events. MOHAN Foundation organised an "Organ Donation Rally" at Marina Beach, Chennai. A first-of-its-kind sand sculpture on organ donation was also created on the sands of the Marina beach. Rajasthan did its first deceased donor due to efforts of the Foundation in set up the Rajasthan Network for Organ Sharing Registry (www.rnos.org). Similar registries were set up for Kerala (www.knos.org.in) and Tamil Nadu (www.tnos.org)
caption: Sand Sculpture made as a part of Rally organised by MOHAN Foundation at Marina Beach
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