Odisha Mo Parivar holds blood donation camp
Brahmapur: A mega blood donation camp was organised here on Tuesday at the KC High School campus, Gosaninuagaon by the Odisha Mo Parivar in association with the Jay Jagannath Youth Association. Hundreds of youths took part in the camp and donated blood. The camp was jointly inaugurated by Brahmapur MP Chandra Shekhar Sahu and MLA Bikram Panda and joined by conveners of Odisha Mo Parivar Subas Moharana and Bhagwan Gantayat. “About 500 units of blood have been collected which will help the people in need of blood,” said camp organiser and BJD youth leader Dhires Debta.
P’khemundi Senior Citizens’ Assn meet held
Paralakhemundi: The annual meeting of the Senior Citizens’ Association of Paralakhemundi was held on Monday chaired by its president Laxmi Nrusingha Rath. The meeting discussed among other things the need of traffic control in the town, streamlining payments of electricity, water supply, revenue and bank transactions where senior citizens need to be given priority, a need for a Community Centre and a Recreation Centre for senior citizens. It was decided to submit a memorandum to the district Collector. Prominent among those who spoke were Prof Nrushingha Prasad Das and association vice-president Jagadish Mahapatra and secretary Harmohan Patnaik.
Filaria MDA programme held in Pallahara
Pallahara: To eradicate filarial, a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programme was organised in Nagira gram panchayat under Pallahara block on Monday. It was inaugurated by Khamar PHC Medical Officer Dr Sashikanta Behera, who said the second phase of the programme would continue till March 6 and the first phase was successfully conducted from February 25 to 28. The MDA programme has engaged 184 Anganwadi Workers, 135 Asha Workers and 22 of female health workers setting a target to administrate drug to 1, 22,070 people. The programmee is coordinated by a medical team consisting of Dr Subhashree Pradhan, Dr Benudhar Behera, Dr Balindra Sahoo and local medical staffs.