353 donate blood at Nurpur camp

Our Correspondent

NURPUR, MARCH 23

The Blood Donors Club, Nurpur, organised its 22nd blood donation camp on the martyrdom day here today under the ‘Sambedana Abhiyan’ of the National Integrated Forum of Artists & Activists (NIFAA).

The club has a targeted collection of 201 blood units but due to the enthusiasm of the blood donors, 353 volunteers, including 40 women, donated blood in the camp.

A team from the Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Pathankot, collected blood units. According to Rajiv Pathania, president of the club, the NIFAA has associated such camps in 1,500 different locations across the country with a target to collect 90,000 blood units with Guinness book of record attempt.

President of India Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the event through video conferencing. The club has been organising the blood donation camps on martyrdom day every year for the past seven years.

The volunteers of the club are also meeting the emergency requirement of blood to the patients admitted in government as well as private hospitals within and outside the state.

80 donate in Chamba

Chamba: As many as 80 volunteers, including 35 at Dalhousie, donated blood at Chamba and Dalhousie in blood donation camps organised by the District Red Cross Society and Saviors Association on the occasion of Martyrdom Day today. Chamba MLA Pawan Nayyar and Deputy Commissioner DC Rana were also present at the camp at the district headquarters.