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The camp got started with an impressive inaugural ceremony, where Prem Gupta, Secretary of DMCH Managing Society, DMCH, was the chief guest while Principal of DMCH Dr Daljit Singh was and the guest of honour.About 150 units of blood were collected during the camp.
The day is observed all over the world to commemorate the death anniversary of George Englesoz of Cyprus, who died at a young age of 26. Despite being a thalassemic, he was an active member of Thalassemic International Federation and worked tirelessly for the welfare of thalassemic patients all over the world.
The president of Punjab Thalassemia Welfare Society, Rama Kapoor elaborated on the functioning of the society and monetary and other benefits being provided to the thalassemic children by the society
Professor and Head of Transfusion Medicine, Dr Amarjit Kaur extended a warm welcome to the dignitaries, faculty, voluntary blood donors, NGOs including Rashmi Karwa, Social Welfare Society, Mandi Ahmedgarh, Salaam Zindagi and Har Har Astha Sewa Parivar and thalassemic children present on the occasion. She appreciated the active involvement of medical professionals in voluntary donating the blood for this noble cause. A group of thalassemic children also put up a solo and group song performance.
Professor of Pediatrics and In-charge of Thalassemia Unit at DMCH, Dr Parveen C Sobti proposed a vote of thanks to those present on the occasion. She informed that presently, Thalassemia Unit at DMCH was catering to the need of 215 children, who were regularly getting blood transfusions. She expressed her deepest gratitude to those organizations and welfare societies who have contributed a lot for championing the noble cause of thalassemic children.
The faculty who donated blood started with Medical Suptd, Dr Sandeep Puri, who holds the distinction of being the leading blood donor from DMCH faculty and was honoured with a gold medal on the occasion.The regular faculty members include Dr Gautam Ahluwalia, Dr Navjot K. Bajwa, Dr GS Bajwa, Dr Rajesh Arya, Dr PPS Gill and Dr Gautam Biswas.
Contribution of the staff of Transfusion Medicine Department was also acknowledged for their round-the-clock working to meet the demand of blood and blood components. The monetary contributions were made by Sunila Gupta, Mrs Rama Munjal and Mrs Nandita Gupta for the treatment of those thalassemic children whose parents were not able to bear the cost of their medical treatment.
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