On the occasion of the World Blood Donor Day, the Department of AIDS Control, Govt. of India, felicitated the Uttarakhand State AIDS Control Society for its outstanding performance in the year 2013-14.
The award was given based on the criteria of total blood collection and voluntary blood collection. In Uttarakhand, the total blood collected exceeded the target of blood collection given by the Department of AIDS Control and 91.53% of the total collection at NACO supported blood banks was done through Voluntary Blood Donation.
The felicitation programme was held at Ram Manohar lohia Hospital Auditorium, New Delhi. Hon’ble Health & Family Welfare Minister, Govt. of India Dr. Harshvardhan gave away the “Award of Excellence” to Dr Harleen Kaur Sandhu, Joint Director, Blood Transfusion Services, USACS cum Director, SBTC; Pradeep Hatwal, Quality Manager, Blood Transfusion Services, USACS & Parvati Pandey, Consultant, Voluntary Blood Donation, Blood Transfusion Services, USACS, in the presence of luv Verma, Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. ofIndia, Dr VK Subburaj, Secretary, Department of AIDS Control & Dr Sunil D. Khaparde, DDG (DBTS), Department of AIDS Control. The function was attended by many eminent personalities from the field of Blood Transfusion Services & representatives of organisations associated with Voluntary Blood .