In a noble gesture Ahmedabad police adopts 100 Thalassemic children

Ahmedabad:

In a noble gesture the Ahmedabad city police in collaboration with Indian Red Cross Society will organize mega blood donation camps from June 4 to 6 in various police stations across the city to collect blood enough for the needs of 100 Thalassemic children it has adopted.

Chairman of Ahmedabad unit of Red Cross Kiran V Chudgar today said that during summer there is usually an acute shortage of blood supply. The patients of Thalassemia who are regularly in need of blood for their survival face crisis due to this shortage.

Responding to the appeal made by Indian Red Cross Society, Ahmedabad to tide over the crisis, The Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad, A.K. Singh has taken the initiative to come forward and organize Mega Blood Donation Camps for Thalassemia affected children. Thalassemia is the blood thirsty disease in which patients need continuous blood transfusions to sustain their lives. For the cause to provide blood, Ahmedabad City Police has undertaken the Mega Mission by adopting 100 Thalassemia children and will donate blood equivalent to the requirement of blood for 100 Thalassemic children for one year.

He said that under this project every police station is going to adopt two Thalassemia children for their blood requirement for the whole year and that the Thalassemic children will get blood for the whole year from Red Cross, Ahmedabad. Different Blood Donation Camps have been arranged in the Police Stations according to their zone e.g. Sola, Ranip, Gayakwad Haveli, Sahibaug, Bapunagar, D.C.P. Zone‐6 Office and Sahibaug Welfare Hospital.

The Blood Donation Camps have been arranged from 04‐06‐18 to 11‐06‐18. During blood donation camps at the police stations, Police Officers, Staff and Lady Police as well as other Employees can donate blood at their convenience during that period. Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad will be the 1st person to donate blood.

During this voluntary gesture of blood donation, Lok Rakshak and other persons are also requested to come forward and donate blood. On completion of this Mega Mission, IRCS, Ahmedabad is going to organize a program on 14th June, “The World Blood Donor Day”, he informed.

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