The Blood Centre will provide blood and its products free of cost to poor
There is a 30% shortage of blood in the country. If 1% of the population comes and donates blood we can overcome blood shortage in the country: Dr. Ramesh Chandram, MD of ZOI Hospital.
Hyderabad, July 17: Rotary Club of Hyderabad Deccan, a club under Rotary District 3150, India, reopened its charitable blood bank – the Rotary Challa Blood Centre – at its new premises in Zoi Hospitals, Raj Bhawan Road, Somajiguda, Hyderabad on Sunday evening.
The blood center which was earlier located at Challa Nursing Home in Ameerpet is shifted to this location for better accessibility informed Sharath Choudary, Chairman of the Rotary Challa Charitable Trust.
The Rotary Challa Blood Bank provides blood and blood products on a free or subsidized basis to disadvantaged patients. It hosts all facilities for component separation and apheresis for providing various blood components including platelets. The Blood bank has so far collected over 15,000 units of blood which have been used by the disadvantaged. Over the years Rotary Club has invested Rs 2 crore in the Blood Centre.
On this occasion, Rtn. Sharath Choudary, Chairman of the Rotary Challa Charitable Trust said we must develop a culture of voluntary blood donation. People must be sensitized in such a way that they voluntarily come forward and donate blood. The wanting to donate blood culture must be developed. He requested the citizens of Hyderabad, especially young men and women, to come forward to donate blood and save lives.
The District Governor of Rotary District 3150, Rtn. Rajasekhar Reddy Talla, said that he was happy to inaugurate the new premises of the Rotary Challa Blood Centre, the only Rotary Blood Bank in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad
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