MOHAN Foundation in partnership with Zonal Coordination Committee in Karnataka for Transplantation (ZCCK) and Gift your Organ Foundation conducted a successful five-day residential training programme for Transplant Coordinators from 22nd to 26th August 2011 at Snehadaan in Bangalore. The training programme was supported by the Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Satish Chandra, Vice Chancellor of NIMHANS, Bangalore.

Sixty participants came from all over the country, including far-flung cities like Goa, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai, representing various hospitals, to attend this training programme along with those from the home state of Karnataka. The course details were so well organized that both the medical and non-medical professionals like social workers benefited equally and were inspired to work for the noble cause of organ donation. The experienced faculty included eminent doctors from leading hospitals.

They shared their experiences during the interactive sessions that provided a valuable insight to the participants. Special emphasis was laid on practical training in grief counselling, public education programmes, and documentation related to organ donation and transplantation.

The five-day programme ended with a panel discussion where representatives from the authorization committee of organ transplantation of Karnataka, Department of police and heads of various leading hospitals and NGOs in the country shared their views and deliberated on future plans to promote the deceased organ transplantation programme in the country.

This is the first of many programmes planned by MOHAN Foundation in Karnataka to train transplant coordinators who would be the future ambassadors for the deceased organ donation programme.