On the World Red Cross day on Thursday, a programme was organised by the Gwalior branch of the Indian Red Cross society. The chief guest of the programme was Justice Sheel Nagoo of the Gwalior bench of the MP High Court and prof Sangeeta Shukla, Vice-Chancellor of Jiwaji University presided over the function.
On this occasion the chairman the Red Cross Society, P Narhari and secretary RP Sharma were present. The programme was conducted by Keshav Pandey and organised at Central Park Hotel. During the programme the people who cooperated with the Red Cross Society were honored with shields and certificates.In his address, Justice Sheel Nagoo said, “Hearing about the good work done by the Red Cross Society for human service, I feel that we are sitting in some sacred temple. I am so much influenced by the social work of the Red Cross that I would donate the blood whenever needed.”
Presiding over the programme, Prof Sangeeta Shukla said that there are 400 colleges under Jiwaji University and 300 students in the university campus. “I would try to motivate the students by organising camps to donate the blood. She said that by donating blood the body doesn’t feel weak. No heart attack would take place.”
The chairman of the institute, Collector P Narahari delivered welcome address and greeted the guest and blood donors. He said that the district Red Cross Society has developed from a small plant to the banyan tree. “We are giving an assistance of Rs65 lakh to various needy people. It was only Rs25 lakh two and a half years before,” he said.
The secretary of the programme Dr RP Sharma gave details of the activities of the institute. The institute manages 10,000 units blood every year. Dera Saccha Sauda has donated 756 unit blood in one lump sum. The institute runs night shelter, shelter house, and charity hospital. At the end, Major Asha Mathur expressed thanks.