Eastern India Oil Refanery Workers’ Union (EIORWU) collected as many as 5,034 units of blood during a two-day Jeevan Bindu programme at the union office premises here on March 1 and 2 as part of Biju Patnaik's 103rd birthday celebrations.
EIORWU president Santosh Kumar Pattnaik presided over the programme on the valedictory day. Jagatsinghpur district Jeevan Bindu coordinator Madhusudan Swain was chief guest. EIORWU working president Dillip Kumar Behera and vice-president Manindra Guru, advocate Kishor Satpathy and Paradip Port Land Loser Farmers’ Association president Chinmaya Das were the other guests,
EIORWU president Santosh Pattnaik gave all credit for the success of the mega camp to the blood donors for their noble sacrifice. He thanked all medical teams from different parts of the State, the local police and civil administration, organisers and valuators for their cooperation for the camp.
Arup Pattnaik, Abhiram Samal, Bipin Pradhan, Pradip Dalai, Niranjan Nayak, Sudam Biswal, Samir Sutar, Prasanta Tarai, Sarangadhar Behera, Rajib Nayak, Gangadhar Behera and Mihir Kanta Sahoo supervised the camp. Welcome address and vote of thanks were given by union general secretary Padmalochan Dash.