Dr Sunil Shroff, a renal transplant surgeon, established the MOHAN Foundation in 1997 after facing criticism abroad over the rising kidney transplant scams in India. His organisation educates and empowers people to take the organ donation pledge.
More than half a million Indians are estimated to be in dire need of an organ transplant. While death takes you away, your organs can stay and save another life. A simple guide to the what, when and how of organ donation in India.
What can be more fulfilling than giving new life and hope to someone with an organ donation? Use this app to register easily and, should the need arise, leave behind a legacy like none other.
The knowledge regarding organ donation is extremely scarce in India. The need for it, conversely, is high. There is one woman who is trying to spread this concern and has built a system of organ donation, which spreads information, conducts counselling sessions, trains coordinators and more.
Organ donation is still a relatively fledgling concept in India, and people are still grappling its moral, social, religious and other implications in the Indian context. Mohan Foundation has been promoting organ donation since 1997, and helps people understand what it entails - the rewards, the fears and the process. In the end, you could be gifting life to not one but several beneficiaries.