The Korpaut District Blood Donors’ and Motivators’ Forum (KDBDMF) organised a State-level conference on eradication of sickle cell and thalassemia diseases and on motivation for voluntary blood donation at Koraput on Monday.
District Collector Sachin R Jadhav, who inaugurated the meet, said such events would yield positive results in eradication of sickle cell in the Koraput region and also help motivators work further in the field of blood donation.
Dr Dilip Kumar Patel, Associate Professor of Sickle Cell unit, VSS Medical College and Hospital, Burla presented a technical paper on comprehensive management of sickle cell disease under the Odisha Sickle Cell Project.
KDBDMF president G Sanjeev Kumar, who presided over the meeting, appealed to the youth to join hands in this noble cause while general secretary Dr Naresh C Sahoo presented the forum’s annual report,
A district-level art competition was held on the theme “Donate blood, save life”. Five centenarian blood donors of Odisha were felicitated by the forum.
In the technical session, specialists in sickle cell disease and thalassemia presented their papers and discussions were held on the subject. A skit was presented by students of the Government Girls’ High School, Koraput on the theme of voluntary blood donation. Finally, a vote of thanks was proposed by forum treasurer Shaik Ibrahim.