A two-day mega blood donation camp organised by the Eastern India Oil Refinery Workers’ Union (EIORWU) was inaugurated at the Zero Point here on Tuesday. EIORWU president Santosh Kumar Pattnaik presided over the function.
As much as 1,503 units of blood were collected on the first day of the camp, which would be closed on Wednesday.
Senior journalist and former blood donor Arun Kumar Panda joined as chief guest. Ex-PPT Trustee and editor of monthly Odia magazine “PARADA” Saroj Kumar Pattnaik was chief speaker, Former Assembly Deputy Speaker Rama Chandra Panda, ex-MlA Adikanda Sethy, Jagatsinghpur Zilla Parishad Vice-President lingaraj Swain and Jagatsinghpur district Jivan Bindu coordinator Madhusudan Sahoo were guests of honour.
EIORWU general secretary Padma lochan Das and Oil Refinery Contract labour Cooperative Society president Dillip Kumar Behera spoke on the importance of voluntary blood donation.
The camp was coordinated by Paradip Port land losers’ and Affected Farmers’ Associations president Chinmay Das. Manindra Guru offered a vote of thanks.