A blood donation camp was organised at Central Hospital, North Central Railway (NCR) here on Tuesday in coordination with Allahabad Medical Association Blood Bank, Prayagraj. Principal Chief Medical Director (PCMD), NCR/ Prayagraj Dr JP Rawat inaugurated the function. PCMD Rawat emphasised the importance of blood donation stating that one donor benefits four needy patients. The PRBC used for anaemia patients, whole blood in case of blood loss due to trauma etc, platelet concentration in case of thrombocytopenia and FFPS for patients with clotting factor requirements. He stated the donor after donating blood feels mentally and psychologically satisfied. MD Central Hospital Dr Sanjeev Kumar Handoo, ACDS Dr Manjulata Handoo and ACHD Dr Gautam Sen were among the first three doctor donours to donate blood. It was a unique opportunity for the donors to donate blood to save a life. In this camp total 49 donors donated blood. One of the donors said, “It gives us immense contentment to be able to contribute towards our community by way of donating blood for the needy patients”. After donating the blood, the donors were given refreshment and an appreciation certificate by MD Central Hospital, Dr SK Handoo. Dr Usha SP Yadav ACHD/Microbiology, David Navin Tewari, Jitendra Verma, Ratan Mishra, Vasudeo Pandey and the team of Central Hospital put in lot of efforts for making this camp a success. This camp helped railway employees in getting awareness about their social responsibilities and showed enthusiastic participation for the same. “Someone lives when someone donates. Sympathy alone cannot save people in chronic conditions, but blood can. A unit of blood donated is a life saved, and this was the stronghold that guided our employees into an impressive turnout for the cause, ” said Dr Usha SP Yadav ACHD/ Microbiology. Vasudeo Pandey along with other volunteers contributed immensely in this blood donation camp. In the functions ACMS/ NCR, Dr Reena Agarwal, Sr DMO Dr SS Nayak and all doctors and staff of the Central Hospital were present.
TALK SESSION: The Allahabad Management Association organised a talk session on ‘How to organise life through spiritual journey’ at AMA office, MG Marg, Civil Lines here. The speaker was Prof Satya Narayan, a renowned teacher of Cancer Biology at Florida University. He is also a spiritual speaker and has researched on multiple aspects of Bhagwat Geeta. Prof Narayan deliberated on how to organise life through spiritual journey by devoting some time to the Almighty by using the mind and using physical part of the body for family and materialistic needs. He cited many examples and stories from the religious scriptures wherein the rishis and saints attained salvation and even normal citizens were alleviated of their problems by leaving things to God. He also touched the karma path and the karmic theory. He talked about the paths adopted by Yudhishthir, Vidur and Valmiki. V Bajpai introduced the speaker and Ravi Prakash president AMA presented a memento. The programme was conducted by secretary Dr Navaneet Singh and PRO Dr Shanti Chaudhri proposed the vote of thanks.