Port Blair, July 30: The Andaman & Nicobar AIDS Control Society (ANACS) along with Blood Center, G. B. Pant Hospital, Directorate of Health Services, supported the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. to organize a blood donation camp at LPG Bottling Plant, Hope Town, Bambooflat, South Andaman on 30/7/2024.  Altogether 27 units of blood were donated by the voluntary donors.

The camp was organized under the guidance of Dr. Subrata Saha, Project Director, A & N AIDS Control Society and Director, State Blood Transfusion Council, A & N Islands. 

The Blood Donation camp was facilitated by the Dr. Shilpa Vijay Sankhe, Medical Officer i/c, Blood Bank, G.B. Pant Hospital. The donors were examined for their eligibility to donate blood and briefed the donors on various aspect and importance of blood donation.

The Plant Manager, LPG Bottling Plant, Port Blair, A & N Islands organized the camp and made arrangement for conducting the camp successfully.

The technical team from Blood Bank, G.B. Pant Hospital, Port Blair and A & N AIDS Control Society ensured that the donated blood units are screened for the transfusion transmissible diseases. They also examined the donors for eligibility criteria.

Donors certificate were also distributed to the voluntary donors.