Ludhiana, October 3
As many as 103 persons donated blood at a blood donation camp organised by the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) to mark National Voluntary Blood Donation Day at Rampura Phul yesterday.
Stating this here today, Dr Amarjit Kaur, Head of Transfusion Medicine at the DMCH, expressed her satisfaction at the fact that all donors were highly motivated and had an exemplary enthusiasm. Focusing on the significance of voluntary blood donation, she said the movement aimed at creating awareness for safe blood and encouraging regular voluntary blood donors.
Dr Amarjit Kaur said if NGOs, educational institutions and other social and religious bodies adopted voluntary blood donation as their aim, it would be possible to enlist the needed one per cent of population in the country as regular blood donors.
Locals hail posting of 3 docs
Machhiwara, October 3
People of the town and its adjoining villages have heaved a sigh of relief with the state government posting an MD and two MS doctors at the local PHU.
Hailing the Health Department’s decision, representatives of various social organisations welcomed Dr Balbir Singh, a renowned surgeon, and Dr Sanjay
Kapoor, a famous physician, who joined the PHU recently.
Another surgeon, Dr Ajay Paul Singh, is likely to join shortly. With the arrival of the two doctors, the number of outdoor patients visiting the PHU has increased considerably.
Representatives of social bodies have urged the Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, not to assign duties of SMO to any of these doctors so that they could focus on examining patients without the burden of paper work.
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