Blood donation camp held at Ima Keithel
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 07 2013:
Under the joint sponsorship of MACS and SBTC, District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit, Imphal West (DAPUC-IW) along with Association of Voluntary Blood Donors-Manipur (AVBD-Manipur) organised a motivational talk cum voluntary blood donation camp at Ima Keithel today.
The event was organised as part of the ongoing month-long observance of 'No-Replacement Month'.
On the occasion, more than 250 individuals were given awareness on basic blood science, eligibility and reasons for donating blood, etc.
Besides, altogether 96 people including 81 male and 15 female also donated their blood.
While disclosing that around 1600-2000 units of blood are being targeted to be collected during the month-long 'No-Replacement month' observance, the organisers have informed that they would be holding similar motivational talk and voluntary blood donation camps at Chandel and Ukhrul district headquarters on 12th July and 13th July respectively.