PUBLIC PROTECTOR
Mr.C. SHASHI KUMAR
Mobile: +91 - 8801175235
Email : info@publicprotector.net
1. Public Education for Organ Donation
- Donor Cards in different languages and organ
donation awareness campaigns are the focus of the public education
group. The Donor card in English was the first to be launched on
12th January 1997. The Donor card enables people to express their
wish to donate their organs. These Donor Cards are distributed
along with a brochure entitled “A Priceless Gift,” which explains
the concept of organ donation.
Over 250,000 Donor Cards have been distributed so far in English,
Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Hindi. Eminent dignitaries like Mrs.
Nita Ambani, Reliance Industries Limited, actor / social activist
Revathy, Judge Krishna Reddy and cricketer Kris Srikkanth have all
been presented with Donor Cards. The Foundation also has literature
on prevention of different diseases and organ
transplantation.
2. Indian Transplant Newsletter (ITN) – The
Indian Transplant Newsletter is being published since 1998 and is
currently in its 27th issue. It carries national and international
transplant news and keeps track of the Indian cadaver transplant
programme. The executive committee has doctors from the transplant
field from all over the country and abroad. About 1500 to 2000
copies of the newsletter are dispatched every quarter to transplant
clinicians and members of the public in India and
abroad.
3. Patient Support Group (PSG) – MOHAN
Foundation started a Patient Support Group (PSG) for organ failure
patients and their families to give them a platform to discuss
their problems with each other and also interact with a panel of
experts comprising doctors, dietitians, and counselors. There are
about 300 members in the group both in Chennai and Mumbai.
Subsidized transplant related medicines to needy patients are
supplied.
4. INOS (Indian Network for Organ Sharing) in Tamil Nadu
& Andhra Pradesh – INOS was formed first in Tamil
Nadu in November 1999 with Apollo Hospitals, Sri Ramachandra
Hospital, Sundaram Medical Foundation, (all from Chennai), and
Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore in the group. In Andhra
Pradesh, the hospitals that have benefited from our work are
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Global Hospitals, Care
Hospitals, Medwin Hospitals, Mediciti Hospitals, Kamineni
Hospitals, Osmania Hospitals, Krishna Institute of Medical
Sciences, Star Hospitals and Innova Hospitals.