102 donate blood at camp by BSNL employees

Ludhiana: The BSNL Employees’ Union, Ludhiana, organised the 11th voluntary blood donation camp here today. The camp was to observe the 87th martyrdom day of Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. In all, 102 employees donated blood during the camp. Doctors and technicians from the Red Cross Society and Krishna Hospital collected the donated blood units. Before the start of blood donation camp, Com Balbir Singh, national president, of the union, hoisted the flag of the union. He said the union was consistently fighting to safe guard the interest of BSNL emoloyees. He called upon the workers to work relentlessly for strengthening the union, so that the anti-public sector policies of the government were defeated. Manjit Singh Dhillon, Chief General Manager, Telecom, Punjab Circle, inaugurated the camp. He appreciated the initiative of the union. RL Moudgil, former assistant general secretary and circle president, said the donated blood saved the lives of people and was given to patients of thalassaemia. A health awareness campaign for women was organised by Punjab circle women’s welfare organisation.

100th birth year of Pt Deendayal Upadhyay to be celebrated

Phillaur: The 100th birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay will be celebrated on 5 April at 10.00 am at Era’s Resorts, Goniana Mandi, Bajakhana Road, Bathinda. Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal, National Secretary of the BJP Kisan Morcha, said workers from 11 districts — Bhatinda (Rural), Bhatinda (Urban), Abohar, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Moga, Fridkot, Mukatsar, Barnala, Sangrur and Mansa — will join the event. He said a team of 11 members, including him, was working for this social cause. Other members are Sandeep Rinwa from Abohar, Gurwinder Singh Brar, Bibi Sukhjit Kaur from Bhagta Bhaika, Lajpat Goyal Goniana Mandi, Gulshan Wadhwa from Bathinda (Urban), Dheeraj Kumar Barnala, Sunil Goyal (Dimple) from Sangrur, Pawan Jain (Sardulgarh) from Mansa, Shamlal Goyal (Jaitu) from Fridkot, Kulbhushan Kulkarni from Ferozepur, Parminder Singh Brar from Moga, Bibi Manprit Kaur from Fazilka, Neelam Sharma from Muktsar. All team members requested everyone to join the event to learn the principles of Pandit Deen Dayal Updhyay and emphasised upon his philosophy of ‘Integral Humanism and Antyodaya’.

Blood donated during camp scrutinised for various diseases

Mandi Ahmedgarh: Scrutiny of reports on the diagnosis of the samples of blood donated during the blood donation camps has helped in the detection of pathogens of various diseases among residents of the area.

Recognising the significance such study of reports, social, educational and civic bodies of the region have announced to launch a coordinated movement to follow up and educate people about causes and consequences of various diseases, including hepatitis, diabetes, gastroenteritis and renal ailments.

The decision was taken during the concluding session of a function held by the Social Welfare Organisation to distribute the reports of regular blood donors of the area. Tarsem Garg, organisation head, presided over the function and Dr Sunit Hind, president, Rotary Club, was the keynote speaker. Addressing a gathering of office-bearers and activists of various organizations, speakers Dr Sunit Hind and Dr Jyoti Kapoor, a pathologist at the Malerkotla Civil Hospital, said hepatitis, diabetes and certain renal diseases had emerged as silent killers in the recent past because the pathogens of these ailments were not detected timely. Hind claimed that a large number of blood donors had been saved from dreaded diseases after the infection was detected during the testing of samples of blood donated during the camps organised by the Social Welfare Organisation, Lions Club and Rotary Club. “Having realised that some of the suspected carriers might ignore the reports regarding the presence of pathogens in their blood, office-bearers and activists of various organisations have announced to coordinate with officials of various blood banks for gathering information about the infected,” said Hind.

Stressing on the need for early detection and efficacious treatment of the diseases, speakers said more than 500 million carriers of virus and pathogens in the sub-continent and a substantial number of the suspected cases were being detected randomly during the blood donation camps. Office-bearers of various organisations led by Municipal Council former president Ravinder Puri, Rotary Club secretary Ravinder Sharma, Lions Club president Inderpal Singh Walia and Social Welfare Organisation Chairman Dr Rajinder Mittal said the confirmation of tests and treatment of the suspected cases of infection would be undertaken for free. —TNS