PONDA: State Immunisation Officer Dr Rajendra Borkar on Sunday stated that one need not be a doctor but can donate blood to save lives.
Speaking at the blood donation camp held at Undir Bandora, Dr Borkar said, “One can donate blood several times in life. Blood donor is referred to as ‘hero’ for his/her great work. Blood donor also gets several benefits besides it also adds years to life.”
“So far there is no factory that produces blood, but the day when blood will be manufactured, there would be no need of blood donor but until then human beings have to donate it to save life,” he added.
He said, “Our country with population of 136.64 crore needs five crore bottles of blood each year but we get only 2.5 crore bottles.”
“More and more people should come forward to donate blood which will help save the lives of the needy and feel satisfied with the great work,” Dr Borkar said.
“I have seen persons who have donated blood 50 to 60 times in their lifetime,” he said.
Dr Pashkol, Gurudas Naik, Mukund Naik and Ashwet Raikar were present.
