Vizianagaram District Blood Banks and Storage Centers Nodal Officer B. Satya Srinivas said that awareness on blood donation was very important as it would to save precious lives of patients. He said that the requirement of blood was around 500 units per month in the district but the actual supply was around 300 units. He attended as the chief guest for the blood donation camp organised in RK Hospitals-Vizianagaram on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that the shortage was more in summer season with the closure of colleges and other institutions which would normally hold blood donation programmes.
RK Degree College correspondent K. Santosh said that the institution was able to contact many students for blood donation explaining the immediate requirement for many hospitals. Youth Services CEO V.Vijaya Kumar urged youth clubs to play a vital role in organising blood donation camps in rural areas too.
