 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 17: On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday on September 17, Union health ministry has started a mega drive for voluntary blood donation. The voluntary blood donation drive will go on till October 1, which is the national voluntary blood donation day. The exercise will be called Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav. To facilitate this process, Indian Red Cross Society, Jammu Region has organized series of Blood Donation camps at different places with different organizations/ institutions namely a) Akhil Bharatiya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad, Jain Nagar, Talab Tillo, b) Prison Headquarters, District Jail, Ambphalla, Jammu, c) Mahavir International Jammu Tawi Centre at Sanmati Sadan, Bahu plaza, Jammu. Likewise one more blood donation camp is being organized by Rotaract Club Jammu Tawi and Sharva Foundation at Mubarak Mandi Complex, Jammu.
Sat Pal Sharma, Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, Jammu Region, personally visited each camp and graced the occasion " on the birth anniversary of our most respected/ dynamic and visionary Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with his presence. He added " the main purpose of the drive is to create a repository of voluntary blood donors so that those in need can get help on time and minimize the gap between demand and supply and save the precious lives through this noble cause". |
