Red Cross adopts 400 thalassaemic children

The Indian Red Cross Blood Programme adopted 400 thalassaemic children on Sunday a the inauguration of Champaben Chudgar Blood Foundation, a centre for blood donations as well as transfusions. Governor Sundar Singh Bhandari inaugurated the centre, which had been donated by Kiran V Chudgar in the memory of his late mother, while Health Minister Ashok Bhatt inaugurated the blood transfusion centre at Paldi.

Indian Red Cross also organised a celebrity blood donor camp, where Mayor Himmatsingh Patel, Police Commissioner P. C Pande, representative of American Red Cross and secreatrary general of the Indian Red Cross donated blood.

During the programme itself, the Society raised Rs 7.25 lakh from individual donors, which will go to the 400 adopted thalassaemic children. The police commisioner also donated Rs 10,000 and adopted two thalassaemic children, while the mayor adopted a child.

Health Minister Ashok Bhatt extended full support of the State Government to the Society, while the governor lauded the achievements of the Indian Red Cross Society, Ahmedabad Chapter.

Talking about the new centre, President Mukesh Patel said the centre will act as the hub for collecting blood, which will be sent to 11 public hospitals of the city. "It will also supply blood to private hospitals and the highlight will be the thalassaemic chilldren whom we have adopted. We will be taking complete responsibility of these children and will support their blood transfusions throughout the year," siad Patel.

The Society has also started offering its donors blood replacement, said Patel. "Now all the donors will get the amount of blood donated replaced, which is something that has been welcomed by the donors," said Patel.

On Saturday, the Society collected 1,000 units of blood from 12 different camps organised around the city.

Republished from The Indian Express