GCoE MA Road Sgr holds ‘Blood Donation Camp’
Srinagar: The Health Centre of Government College of Education (GCoE) (IASE) M A Road Srinagar in collaboration with Government Medical College Srinagar loN Wednesday organised a Blood Donation Camp.
A huge number of students/teachers donated blood during the blood donation camp.
It was a gesture by the institution in bringing a ray of hope to contribute to the serious problems of acute shortage of blood.
It was given out that India faces a blood shortage of 3 Million Units, the problem can be addressed if an additional 2 percent of Indians donate blood, as open by health experts.
“We need 12 Million units of Blood every year but just about 9 Million units are being donated and to contribute our bit our college has been regularly organizing Blood Donation Camps where students and the faculty members come forward voluntarily to donate blood”, said Prof. (Dr.) Seema Naaz, Principal GCoE.
She applauded the students for their humane gesture and said that blood donation can save lives of innumerable people. “It is a great service to humanity and contribution to society as a whole,” she said.