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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Hundreds donate blood on World Blood Donor Day

The mega blood donation camp, titled 'A Drop to Life', jointly organised by THE TIMES OF INDIA.com and Shubham Hospital, in association with the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Varanasi branch and Red FM, received overwhelming response on Tuesday.

Hundreds of people queued to donate their blood voluntarily in two sessions, which were organised at Sigra and Khajuri branches of Shubham Hospital to mark the World Blood Donor Day. While huge turn out of denizens was witnessed at Sigra branch, the highlight of the day was special contribution and encouraging response from hospital staff and doctors of Shubham Hospital.

The mega blood donation camp began with voluntary blood donation of Dr Prashant Singh of Shubham Hospital, who also motivated other people to donate blood on the occasion. Later, a number of people including professionals, businessman, doctors and bank employees also volunteered for blood donation.

Joining the list of blood donors were Ashish Verma, station head, Red FM. A total of 72 units of blood was collected in the mega camp. The collected blood would be stored in the IMA blood bank, which would be later used for general public.

Meanwhile, a group of 47 young people also donated blood at the blood bank of Sir Sunder Lal Hospital, Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

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