With an objective to save lives with safe transfusion of blood during the scarcity of Blood, the Vedanta- Electrosteel Group came forward to donate blood voluntarily today at Bokaro.
A total of 150 units of blood were donated to the Red Cross Society by the Vedanta- Electrosteel Group family in Mega Blood Donation Camp organised under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at the company’s premises in association with Red Cross Society, said C P Pandey the Senior General Manager of Vedanta - Electrosteel Steels Limited.
The blood donation camp was inaugurated by Vijay Kumar BDO Chas, who also donated blood along with company CEO Pankaj Mallahan.
Speaking on the occasion Kumar said, “Blood donation is the pious work. It saves the life of a person. The donator receives many blessings for this kind act.” “Donating blood is the highest form of service of humanity. At the same time the donator gets fresh blood and becomes healthier,” said Mallahan CEO of the company. Any healthy individual aged between 18 and 60 years and whose weight is above 50 kg with more than 12.5 dg/ ml Haemoglobin contain in the blood can donate their blood once in every three months, said Dr S Mohanty of Red Cross Society who present in the camp
Our motto is to eliminate the myths of blood donation such as weakness, fear of needles and infection. Refreshments and goodies were also provided to the donors in the camp, said C P Pandey.
Beside others, Amit Kumar, K Gupta, S S P Verma, Praveen Kumar, Dr Rinku Jaiswal, P Sanyal, Dharmendra Kumar were present in the mega camp.