Under the guidance of honorary secretary, Indian Red Cross Society Odisha State Branch CTM Suguna, the World First Aid Day was organised with the theme "First Aid in School."
Commissioner of State Transport Authority Arun Bothra joined as chief guest and Joint Commissioner STA Sanjay Kumar Biswal joined as chief guest. JRCO Laxman Swain, YRCO Dr Ajay Kumar Tripathy, Lay Lecturer First Aid Dr Gopal Krushna Mishra, Project Manager Sanjukta Priyadarshini Barik, First Aid Coordinator Gulshan Kumar Dash, YRC coordinator Sujata Mohanty coordinated the programme and mock drill on first aid. Road traffic injuries constitute a major public health and development crisis and are predicted to increase if road safety is not addressed adequately.
Even during this pandemic time, last year 5,000 people died due to road accidents in Odisha. In such a context, the Odisha Red Cross and State Transport Authority are going to work in a collaborative mode to save lives on road