The Social Service Club of the 93rd Foundation Course, being attended by trainee civil servants, at Dr. MCR HRD Institute, Government of Telangana organized a Blood Donation Camp. The idea behind this initiative was to give something back to the society and to spread awareness on the importance of donating blood. Over 70 trainee civil servants donated blood on this occasion.
The Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad, which was represented at the camp by its medical and para medical staff, was the recipient Institution.
The DivyaParmar, IES, Director, Administration & Course Coordinator, inaugurated the camp. She said that a large number of patients in India, who need blood transfusion, suffer on account of severe non-availability of blood donors. “India fell short of 1.9 million units of blood in 2016-17, which could have been of help in 3,20,000 heart surgeries or 49,000 organ transplants”, she added.
Miss AakankshaKulshrestha, IRS (IT), Secretary of the Social Service Club said that the hallmark of civil services is service to the citizens. “Blood donation is one of the ways in which the officers can be of help to the society”, she said.
The Dr. Mahesh Kumar, Assistant Professor, NIMS said that there are a lot of misconceptions related to blood donation which are not true. “All healthy people over 18 should make it a habit to donate blood, once in three months. “The blood donation does not make a person weak as the human body produces new blood continuously”,he said.
The Vinod Ekbote, Director General’s Nominee for the Social Service Club said that blood donation, even in small quantities, is the most precious donation considering the fact that blood cannot be manufactured and it has to come from the donors alone.
“The Blood Donation Camp was an occasion for us to realize the importance of community service”, opined the trainee civil servants unanimously.
Miss Mamta Jain, ISS, Miss SupriyaGhaytadak, IIS, Miss Astha Jain, IPoS, and MrHrudaya Das, IRS (IT), who are the members of the Social Service Club, put their best foot forward to make the event a great success.
