Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 1

Having donated blood 121 times and platelets 93 times, Subedar Major Suresh Saini became a motivational figure for people to donate blood. In a blood donation camp organised by a Jalandhar-based NGO, The Blood Association (Team Baaj) Saini said, “Donating blood is one of the most supreme social causes through which one can contribute towards society.”This was the 50th huge blood donation camp organised by the NGO. The vice-president of the team, Amanjot singh said for the past three years, they have been organising blood donation camps on every first day of the year so as to inspire the people to begin new year by doing something meaningful for society. Various teams of ‘Association of Blood Donors’ societies of Punjab had reached Maqsudan chowk to be the part of the camp. The Blood Donation Camp not only focused on collecting blood for 25 children suffering from Thalassemia but also strived to clarify the misconceptions about blood donation. A total of 480 units of blood were collected in the camp.Also present at the camp was Dr Gurvinder Singh of a private hospital. Suffering from spinal cord injury and sitting on a wheelchair, he still donates blood once every three months. He was a great motivation drive at the camp and advised people to contribute towards donating blood. He also said people should drive safely to avoid meeting with any accident. It was better to donate the blood rather than drain it in accidents, he said.