50 employees of Club Mahindra donate blood

Tribune News Service

Mussoorie, October 1

As many as 50 employees of Club Mahindra Resort donated blood at a camp organised under the aegis of the Red Cross Society, district branch, and NHM Mahant Indresh Hospital at Club Mahindra Resort here today.

Former MLA and Uttarakhand Red Cross Society chairman Ranjit Singh Verma inaugurated the camp. The blood donors were given mementoes for their contribution towards the noble cause. MS Ansari, Ravindra Karasi, Parvati Pandey and Ranjit Verma said there was no other donation bigger than blood donation and everyone should participate in such camps wholeheartedly. He thanked the Club Mahindra Resort employees on the occasion. Dr Supriya, Rishi Sharma and Mohit Chavla were present on the occasion.

40 blood units donated

Dehradun: Forty units of blood were donated at a camp organised on the Doon University campus to mark National Blood Donation Day today. The Uttarakhand State Aids Control Society (USACS) organised the camp.

Later, a seminar on the importance of blood donation was also held.

Prof VK Jain, Vice-Chancellor of the university, exhorted the students to donate blood. “Your blood can save someone’s life and it will also keep you healthy,” he said.

Sanjay Bisht, Deputy Director of USACS, highlighted the activities being carried out towards blood donation.