Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. 9 Issue NO.: 29 (Feb 2010 - Jun 2010)
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Convocation of MOHAN Foundation’s first batch of Transplant Coordinators

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. 9 Issue NO.: 29 (Feb 2010 - Jun 2010)
Print ISSN 0972 - 1568
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The convocation of the first batch of Transplant Coordinators was held on Sunday, 11th April 2010, at MOHAN Foundation’s new office in Kilpauk, Chennai.

The event started off with a prayer to Lord Ganesha by Ms. Gayatri Srinivasan, MIS Manager.

Then the ‘Kuthuvilakku’ was lit by the Chief Guest, Lt. Gen. (Dr) V.J. Sundaram, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd), Advisor (Micro and Nano Systems), National Design & Research Forum, Bangalore.

Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation, delivered the welcome address. He extended a warm welcome to all the distinguished guests, Transplant coordinators and MOHAN Foundation employees who were all very happy to attend the much awaited Inauguration and Convocation function.

After that, Transplant Coordinators, Ms Veena and Ms Niveditha Shankaran were invited to share their experiences with the audience. They talked about their experiences in counseling families and how helpful the training programme had been for them. It was very interesting to note how coordinators from a non-medical background coped with all the medical aspects of organ donation and transplantation. The satisfaction that the Transplant Coordinators got from their job, of saving lives by facilitating organ donation, was the main thing that Ms. Veena of MOHAN Foundation spoke about.

Then Dr. Sumana Navin presented the projects done by the Transplant Coordinators, each one addressing a different aspect of Transplant Coordination – awareness surveys on organ donation and brain death, posters and presentations on organ donation, FAQs on liver transplant, kidney transplant forms, recipient care, FAQs on kidney transplantation (in Kannada), and deceased donor case studies.

A very enthusiastic Chief Guest, Lt. Gen. (Dr) V.J. Sundaram, then took the floor, capturing everyone’s heart by spontaneously wearing a T shirt on Organ donation on the dais before he gave away the certificates to the Transplant coordinators! Certificates of appreciation were also given to the faculty of the Training programme. The talk by the Chief Guest was very inspiring.  He shared his thoughts on organ donation and also made a presentation on nanotechnology, creating an interface between Biology and Engineering, and research on artificial organs.

In the midst of it all, we had the Chief Guest cut the ribbon to enter the new office of MOHAN Foundation. A proud moment for all of us at MOHAN Foundation! Everybody was impressed by the new office with its new air-conditioned knowledge centre that could seat 35 people for training. Dr. Sunil Shroff thanked Mr. Om Toshniwal for generously donating the office space for us. At the end Ms. Chandni Srinivasan gave the vote of thanks.

The transplant coordinators then cut a big cake on the occasion of their convocation and everybody had a go at the delicious cake! Three cheers for our very special first batch of Transplant Coordinators – V. Narendra Babu, Niveditha Shankaran, Shilpa L., Velanganni Sutha, D. Keranal, Veena, U. Uthayapriya, K. Suvitha, M. Subha, K.P.Arjun, Anjali Rawat and Mr. Krishnan.

All in all, a great experience for all of us, celebrating the completion of the Transplant Coordinators’ Training programme and the Inauguration of our new office.

 


To cite : Gayatri Srinivasan, Shroff S, Navin S. Convocation of MOHAN Foundation’s first batch of Transplant Coordinators. Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. 9 Issue NO.: 29 (Feb 2010 - Jun 2010).
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https://www.itnnews.co.in/indian-transplant-newsletter/issue29/CONVOCATION-OF-MOHAN-FOUNDATIONS-FIRST-BATCH-OF-TRANSPLANT-COORDINATORS-324.htm

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