Blood Donation Camp 2011-12

A noble gesture to help a fellow human being is blood donation, carried out when a person voluntarily agrees for blood to be drawn with the intention of donating it. Pillai College of Arts Commerce and Science, New Panvel in collaboration with Shree Sai Blood Bank, Panvel and Indian Red Cross Society (Bombay City Branch Blood Center) organized a Voluntary Blood Donation Camp on 14th September, 2011 at Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai Campus, New Panvel. A total of 348 blood units have been collected from the voluntary blood donors. 107 blood units were collected by Indian Red Cross Society while Shree Sai Blood Bank collected 241 blood units. The blood donation camp saw a lot of youths participating in blood donation which is an encouraging indicator of voluntarism and awareness about blood donation. This was done under the abled guidance of Principal Dr. Daphne Pillai, N.S.S. Programme officer Prof. Shabab Rizvi, and Prof. Abida Khan. The registration and screening desks, set up by the blood banks and the N.S.S. volunteers, with a view of recipient, donor and blood testing safety measures were appreciative. The efforts of N.S.S. Leader Neha Kalsi and Abhishek Upadhye were all paid with the number of blood units collected. Last year, Pillai’s N.S.S. unit bagged first position in Raigad district by obtaining 202 blood bottles, which seems that this year their blood unit numbers may be the highest in Navi Mumbai and Mumbai districts. Overall the Blood Donation camp was great success.