Voluntary blood donation camp

Mail News Service Imphal, Sep 9 : The Association of Voluntary Blood Donors, Manipur [AVBD-Manipur] in close association with the NSS unit of Don Bosco College, Maram and Blood Bank, JNIMS has organized a combined Voluntary Blood Donation Camp on Sep 8 at the College premises at Maram, Senapati District [as a part of its […]

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Imphal, Sep 9 : The Association of Voluntary Blood Donors, Manipur [AVBD-Manipur] in close association with the NSS unit of Don Bosco College, Maram and Blood Bank, JNIMS has organized a combined Voluntary Blood Donation Camp on Sep 8 at the College premises at Maram, Senapati District [as a part of its continuous effort to make Manipur a 100% achiever in Voluntary Blood Donation movement] in which 77(seventy seven) Voluntary Blood Donors consisting mainly of Students & faculty of the College have donated their valuable “Gift of Life”.
During the inaugural function of the VBD camp, Dr. L.Tomcha Khuman, Founder president of AVBD-M stressed on the importance of start donating early in life so that the shortfall in the state could be done away with and encouraged the donors even if they are not thanked personally by the actual recipients of the Donated Blood. Such words of Dr. LTomcha was supported by Father K. Sebastian, Rector, Don Bosco College, Maram saying that in Christianity also, there is a belief that the right hand shouldn’t know what the left hand is doing meaning thereby we should continue to do good deeds/works, yet we shouldn’t expect anything in return. Dr. A. Rajmani Singh, Former NSS Programme Officer of Manipur University & Dr. K. Surjit Singh, Blood bank Officer, JNIMS also spoke on the occasion. Lastly, Principal of Bon Bosco College, Maram, Father Benny James congratulated the students & Faculty who came out to donate blood while appreciating the initiatives taken by the AVBD-Manipur in spreading the message of importance of Voluntary Blood Donation in a state like Manipur.
A day before, i.e. on 07/09/2012, the Association of Voluntary Blood Donors, Manipur conducted two Awareness Campaigns on Voluntary Blood Donation for a total of 167 (one hundred sixty seven) students of the Don Bosco College, Maram in which Kh. Samarjit Singh, Secy, AVBD-Manipur, Dr. Loli Mao, District Aids Control Officer, Senapati District & Dr. Xavier Pamei, Member, AVBD-Manipur spoke on different topics like Basic Blood Science, Benefits of Voluntary Blood Donation, Blood Banking etc. The Association is deeply honoured to have the support from the State Blood Transfusion Council, Manipur (SBTC-Manipur) & Manipur State Aids Control Society (MSACS). Sister Arpita, NSS programme Officer of Don Bosco College, Maram & her entire NSS units helped the AVBD-Manipur in accomplishing the tasks as she did in Feb., 2011. The AVBD-Manipur is deeply honoured to have the support from the State Blood Transfusion Council, Manipur (SBTC-Manipur) & Manipur State Aids Control Society (MSACS).

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