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#5. Turning Loss into Life: How One Doctor's Organ-Donation Revolution Is Creating an Extraordinary Legacy
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In this revelatory conversation, urologist-turned-activist Dr Sunil Shroff joins AmickyCarol to show how one ordinary surgeon sparked an extraordinary movement—turning India’s reputation for illegal kidney trade into a blueprint for ethical, life-saving transplants. From London’s NHS wards to Chennai’s ICUs, Shroff proves that death can be recast as a celebration of life when families choose to give the gift of organs.
- Started as a urological surgeon in England’s NHS after low pay drove him from India
- Returned 12 years later to confront the country’s underground kidney market
- Pioneered India’s first deceased-donor protocols after the 1994 brain-death law
- Founded MOHAN Foundation to normalise donation through education and coordination
- Devised the “eyes-first” approach that eases families toward full organ consent
- Built hospital-sharing networks so every viable organ finds a recipient
- Trained transplant coordinators who secure 70-80 % consent from grieving families
- Partnered with the UK’s NHS to raise donor rates in minority communities
- Advises 46 Commonwealth nations on best practice in organ procurement
- Offers affordable online courses in transplant coordination, grief counselling and advocacy
- Left full-time surgery in 2015 to devote 70 % of his time to nonprofit work
“Death is not extinguishing light—it’s only putting out the lamp because dawn has come.”
—Rabindranath Tagore, quoted by Dr Shroff
Take action: Register as an organ donor and tell your family. One donor can save up to eight lives.
Connect with Dr Sunil Shroff & MOHAN Foundation
- Website / Bio: wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Shroff
- MOHAN Foundation site: www.mohanfoundation.org
- Instagram: @mohanfound
- Facebook: @MOHANFoundationIndia
- YouTube: @mohanfoundation
- LinkedIn: /company/mohan-foundation/
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Chapters
1. #5. Turning Loss into Life: How One Doctor's Organ-Donation Revolution Is Creating an Extraordinary Legacy (00:00:00)
2. Dr. Sunil Shroff's Personal Journey (00:00:45)
3. Transitioning to the MOHAN Foundation (00:05:37)
4. Ethics of Spare Kidney Donation (00:11:51)
5. Counselling Families in Grief (00:15:05)
6. Talking to Bereaved Relatives about Donation (00:18:01)
7. Dr. Shroff's Many Achievements and Accolades (00:26:13)
8. Giving Back and Paying Forward (00:30:20)
9. Inspiration from Patients (00:31:56)
10. The Mohan Foundation's Global Impact (00:36:45)
11. Chennai Travel Recommendations (00:38:16)
12. Message to Listeners (00:40:55)
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