IEP Chandigarh
As many as 425 volunteers donated blood at blood donation camp organized by the department of Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, on World Blood Donor Day. The theme of this year World Blood Donor Day is “Give blood, Give plasma, share life, shareoften” has been released by the WHO this year, said the PGIMER official in the Statement. He further said that World Blood Donor Day is celebrated every year by people around the world on June 14 as per World Health assembly resolution of 2005, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner (14 th June, 1868), who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the ABOblood group system. The event serves to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life saving gifts of blood andalso to raise awareness of the need for regular blood donations to ensure that all individuals andcommunities have access to affordable and timely supplies of safe and quality assured blood andblood products.The theme of this year World Blood Donor Day is “Give blood, Give plasma, share life, shareoften” has been released by the WHO this year.As part of Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsava 2023 of the National Blood Transfusion Council(NBTC), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India that Healthy Donors areencouraged to continue donating blood.On this occasion, Sh. Banwari Lal Purohit, Hon`ble Governor Punjab and Administrator, UT,Chandigarh inaugurated Blood Donation Camp at the Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarhconducted by the of Department of Transfusion Medicine and called upon the residents of tricityon the All India Radio to come forward for this noble cause and save precious lives.Prof. N.K. Panda, Dean (Academic), PGIMER, Chandigarh inaugurated the Blood DonationCamp at the Blood Donation Centre PGIMER, Chandigarh in collaboration with ThalassemiaCharitable Trust (TCT), PGIMER, Chandigarh. He also motivated the blood donors to becomeregular blood donors, and make blood donation a “habit”, as this will encourage develop aculture of voluntary blood donation in the country. The other dignitaries who graced the occasionwere Prof. Sadhna Lal and Prof. Pankaj Malhotra. Volunteer blood donors and family/friendBlood donors from all walks of life also came to donate blood at the Blood Donation Centre ofthe PGI on this occasion like every year.The department of Transfusion Medicine also organized Blood Donation Camp at BridgeMarket, Sector-17, Chandigarh in collaboration with Shree Shiv Kanwar Mahasangh CharitableTrust, Panchkula which was inaugurated by Sh. Satnam Singh Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor,Chandigarh University, Gharuan and Sh. R.C. Sobti, former Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University.As a special motivational campaign, the postmen of UT, Chandigarh pinned up the speciallymade badges while delivering the post items in the respective post office zones in order tomotivate blood donors.During the campaign about 425 volunteers donated blood to celebrate the occasion.
