Port Blair, Sept. 6: The Andaman & Nicobar AIDS Control Society (ANACS) in co-ordination with Blood Center, G.B. Pant Hospital, Directorate of Health Services, supported Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Pahargaon, Port Blair to organize a blood donation camp on 40th foundation day of the Institute at DBRAIT, Port Blair on 06/09/2024. A total of 32 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 (Blood Bank), ANIIMS, Port Blair. The donors were examined for their eligibility to donate blood and briefed the donors on various aspect and importance of blood donation.
Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Dean (Student Affair), Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Pahargaon, Port Blair organized the camp and made arrangement for conducting the camp successfully.
The technical team from Blood Center, 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.