NSS Unit of MES
College, Zuarinagar, successfully conducted a Blood Donation camp in collaboration with the Lions
Club of Cortalim, Hindustan Petroleum and the Blood Bank of Goa Medical
College. The camp was held in the Swami Vivekanand Hall in the MES College
campus. A total of 104 persons donated blood, including NSS Volunteers and the
general public.
The Blood Donation
Camp started with the inaugural program at 9:30 am. Senior faculty member of
MES College Prof B V Kolekar welcomed the gathering and congratulated the NSS
Unit for organising a noble activity like Blood Donation camp. He said that the
MES College has a long history of blood donation.
The Chief Guest for
the function was Rajesh Kadu, Station Manager, Aviation Section, Hindustan
Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Vasco da Gama, Goa. He stressed that the society in
today’s date require the programs like blood donation camp because there is no
substitute for the blood.
The Chairman of the
Lions Club of Cortalim Rashmi Harish, while expressing her views, thanked MES
College for providing them the opportunity to serve the society.
The vote of thanks
was presented by the Chief NSS Program Officer Prof Dattaprasad Shirgurkar, who
said that man has been successful in creating many things in the present date
but not human blood. Therefore it is our responsibility to donate blood for the
cause of saving a life.
The Zonal President
of Lions Club Lion Shekhar Chittur was present on the dais. other Lions Club
members present included Tripthi Santosh, Santosh Kumar, Vinay Naik, Ram
Salgaonkar, Harish Bhaskaran and Anita Shekhar.
The
staff from GMC was kind and compassionate towards the donors while carrying out
the process of blood donation. A team from GMC Blood Bank led by Dr Sanjay
Kakodkar carried out the process in a streamlined manner. He was helped by
Sadashiv Mangeshkar, Vilas Morajkar, Sister Ida Teles, Erina Fernandes,
Kashinath Chari and Datta Karbotkar.
