On the World Red Cross Day, the Indian Red Cross Society State Branch held a debate competition among Youth Red Cross volunteers on the topic, ‘The role of a volunteer in providing first aid during emergency.’
Besides, an awareness programme on first aid was demonstrated by Dr Bikash Prasad and Dr Lokanath Sahoo.
Monthly news letter and first aid reference book of IRCS SOB was inaugurated by honorary secretary CTM. Suguna. She motivated the volunteers to come forward for rendering first aid service with true volunteerism to save priceless lives. She highlighted the continuous effort of the IRCS OSB in the field of first aid.
The Odisha Red Cross Branch has highest number of Lay Lectures in first aid among all the States of the country and also in a process to create more Lay Lectures in all blocks of Odisha which definitely would help to create first aiders in each and every house to reduce fatalities, she said.
Treasurer Bhabani Prasad Nanda narrated the journey of Red Cross with volunteers to save many lives. Youth Red Cross Officer Dr Ramesh
Chandra Behera coordinated the programme. Junior Red Cross Officer Laxman Swain proposed votes of thanks.
In the programme, counsellors and volunteers of different colleges of Bhubaneswar participated. First aid trainers Dr Bikash Prasad and Dr Lokanath Sahoo were felicitated for their dedicated service in disseminating first aid knowledge at the grassroots level. The winners of the debate competition were awarded with trophies.