World Blood Donor Day: Every year, on 14 June, countries around the world celebrate
World Blood Donor Day to thank
voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood and to
raise awareness of the need for regular blood donations to ensure the quality,
safety and availability of blood and blood products for patients in need.
The theme for World Blood
Donor Day 2019 was “Safe blood for all”. The theme was a call for action
to all the governments, healthcare institutions and blood banks across the
globe to meet the adequate demand of blood for all the patients who require
blood transfusion.
On
14th June (Friday) the Department of Transfusion Medicine &
Blood Bank, AIIMS, Raipur celebrated the World Blood Donor Day and organized a blood
donation camp.
Many faculty members
and employees from various departments like MSW Unit, MS Office, Administrative
office, Nursing college, Aayushman Bharat Unitand MBBS & Nursing students actively
participated in this Voluntary blood donation camp.
Total 49 donors successfully
donated blood in the blood donation camp. All the voluntary blood donors were awarded
with Certificate of Appreciation.