Christmas Eve was celebrated with a unique atmosphere, people came forward with Santa Claus spirit to save the life of others. The occasion was blood donation camp organized on Wednesday at No 10 market by Jaswant Dangi Welfare Society.
This was the fifth year of the camp in which more than 1000 people participated and 389 units of donated blood was collected. Blood donors included merchants, students, working class people, peasants, women, police, politicians, whose deeds are different, but today their motive was same, to save the life of the needy by donating blood. Blood donors get free passes of Arijit Singh Concert.
The organizers Satwant Thakur, Gopal Thakur and others thanked the people who participated in the camp, and said that the main aim behind this event was to make the people aware about the importance of blood donation and remove all the misconceptions about blood donation in their mind. We are glad that the event was successful from four consecutive years.
Hamidia Hospital Blood Bank in-charge Upendra Mohan Sharma and Director National Blood Transfusion Counsil Dr BS Ohri speaking on the occassion said that in the year 2001 the amount of donated blood collection was about 60 thousand units which have now reached the level of 2.5 lacs units per year. We all know about the scarcity of blood, and when it comes to blood then we talk about safe blood which is free from diseases like AIDS, HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Malaria etc. Scientifically it is believed that the blood donated willingly is comparatively safe and it is considered that it does not carries the above mentioned diseases, that is why we promote blood donation.