Port Blair, Aug 16: Andaman & Nicobar AIDS Control Society (ANACS) in co-ordination with Blood Center, G.B. Pant Hospital, Directorate of Health Services supported Atul Smrity Samity, Port Blair to organize a blood donation camp at Bengali Club on 15/08/2023 at 0900 hrs. as part of celebrating the Independence Day, 2023. 30 units of blood were donated by the voluntary donors.

The camp was organized under the guidance of Dr. Subrata Saha, Project Director, A & N AIDS Control Society and Director, State Blood Transfusion Council, A & N Islands. 

The Blood Donation camp was facilitated by the Dr. Shahina Mustaquim, Deputy Director (BS)/Medical Officer i/c. The donors were examined for their eligibility to donated blood and were briefed on various aspect and importance of blood donation.

Shri, Tapan Kumar Das, General Secretary, Atul Smrity Samity, Port Blair organized the camps and made arrangement for conducting the camp successfully.

The technical team from Blood Bank, G.B. Pant Hospital, Port Blair and A&N AIDS Control Society ensured that the donated blood units are screened for the blood transmissible diseases. They also examined the donors for eligibility criteria. Donors certificate were also distributed to the voluntary donors.