AS many as 7,500 models of blood was collected via voluntary donation and an information financial institution of 75,000 volunteers was compiled for blood donations in an emergency throughout a daylong drive organised by Army’s Southern Command on Saturday within the run as much as the Army Day celebrations in Bengaluru on January 15.
The drive was held on the Army formations in numerous components of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Southern Command stated that the drive was held in coordination with distinguished civil hospitals and social organisations to make sure that the blood models donated attain the needy sufferers in time.
The camps had been organised underneath the theme “Donate Blood – Save Lives”.
“The blood donation marketing campaign noticed an awesome response from Army personnel and their dependents, civil defence workers, NCC cadets, faculty college students, Army Public College academics and volunteers from all walks of life. These camps had been organised in all main cities in addition to distant areas throughout 10 states within the Southern Command space of accountability,” stated a press assertion from the Command.
In Pune, the blood donation marketing campaign was undertaken at 4 areas to incorporate Command Hospital Pune, Army Institute of Cardio Thoracic Sciences (AICTS), Navy Hospital Kirkee, and Navy Hospital Khadakwasla the place roughly 700 models of blood was collected. The marketing campaign at Pune was inaugurated by Lt Gen Manjit Kumar, Chief of Employees of Headquarters Southern Command.
“The occasion has contributed immensely to resume the soldier-citizen join and reaffirmed the dedication of the Indian Army to face shoulder to shoulder with our residents who require emergency infusion of blood. Senior navy commanders of formations and models thanked the civilians for his or her immense contribution and making the occasion a grand success,” stated a press assertion from the Command.
