Vizag: Navy personnel donate blood
The camp was inaugurated by Command Medical Officer (CMO) of Eastern Naval Command (ENC), Surgeon Rear Admiral U.K. Sharma.
Visakhapatnam: A Blood Donation Camp was organised by Indian Navy at Bheemunipatnam to mark the 31st anniversary of INS Kalinga on Friday. The camp was inaugurated by Command Medical Officer (CMO) of Eastern Naval Command (ENC), Surgeon Rear Admiral U.K. Sharma.
CMO along with Commanding Officer of INS Kalinga, Commodore Praveen Kulkarni, and Commanding Officer of INS Karna Captain Varun Singh initiated the camp by donating blood. The camp witnessed overwhelming response from amongst the navy and defence civilian personnel and their families.
The blood donation camp was meticulously organised as humanitarian effort in collaboration with A.S. Raja Blood Bank and will go a long way in ensuring saving of lives. Nearly 100 units of blood was donated voluntarily and was handed over to A.S. Raja Blood Bank.
Speaking at the inaugural function, Surgeon Rear Admiral Sharma, stressed on the need to build awareness about voluntary blood donation and highlighted that each unit of blood can be separated into its components thereby multiplying number of lives saved manifold. Surgeon Rear Admiral Sharma opined that many more such camps should be organised in the city.