By Tricitynews
Reporter
Chandigarh 06th May:- The
First Blood Donation Camp during this summer which is 163rd camp of the Thalassaemic Children
Welfare Association was organized today at Zakir Hall of the
PGI. In this camp 376 units
of blood was collected for the PGI, Chandigarh. The camp was inaugurated by Dr. Subhash Verma, Dean PGI in the presence of Dr.
Khandelwal, HOD, Radiology; Dr. Reena Das, Haematology; Dr. Amita Trehan,
Paediatrics; Dr. Deepak Bansal,Paediatrics ; Dr. Sandhya Ghai, Principal,
Nursing College; Dr. Sushma Saini, Vice-Principal, Nursing College; Dr. Richa
Jain, Paediatrics; Dr. A.K. Bhalla, Paediatrics; to boost the
morale of blood donors.
Thalassaemic
Children Welfare Association (Regd.), PGI, Chandigarh organizes several
voluntarily Blood Donation Camps every year to collect 8000-9000 units of blood
for its 430 thalassaemic children, for whom blood is “life line” for their survival. They need blood transfusion after every 2-3
weeks for whole of their lives for maintaining blood hemoglobin level around
10mg.
Out
of these camps, six camps are organized at PGI, Chandigarh and one camp at
GMCH-32 during summer months, when there is acute shortage of blood in the
blood bank due to several reasons. The Association organizes these camps, so
that our thalassaemics are not deprived of the regular blood supply for transfusion.
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