<p class="title">The Blood Bank at Kasturba Hospital Manipal celebrated World Blood Donor Day 2019 by felicitating donors and launching donor health clinic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The World Blood Donor Day was observed on the theme ‘Safe Blood To All’.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the event, Philanthropist G Shankar was felicitated for his yeomen service towards motivating donors and creating awareness about blood donation in and around Udupi district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Regular voluntary blood donors are key players in providing safe blood,” said Dr Sharath Rao, Associate Dean of KMC, Manipal after launching the Donor Health Clinic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Blood donation is a great service to the society and by donating once, you will be saving three lives,” he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking on the occasion, Dr Shamee Shastry, Professor and Head of the Blood Bank, highlighted the objectives of the Donor Health Clinic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Finding effective ways to retain voluntary blood donors is crucial, and addressing the reasons for donor deferral is an important strategy to retain the shrinking blood donor pool,” she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Poornima Baliga, Pro vice-chancellor, faculty of health sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education felicitated Shubha and Lalita--winners of awards sponsored by Dr K Sathish Shetty Charitable Trust for the organisation achieving highest number of voluntary blood donations, best technical staff and non-technical staff respectively.</p>
<p class="title">The Blood Bank at Kasturba Hospital Manipal celebrated World Blood Donor Day 2019 by felicitating donors and launching donor health clinic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The World Blood Donor Day was observed on the theme ‘Safe Blood To All’.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the event, Philanthropist G Shankar was felicitated for his yeomen service towards motivating donors and creating awareness about blood donation in and around Udupi district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Regular voluntary blood donors are key players in providing safe blood,” said Dr Sharath Rao, Associate Dean of KMC, Manipal after launching the Donor Health Clinic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Blood donation is a great service to the society and by donating once, you will be saving three lives,” he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking on the occasion, Dr Shamee Shastry, Professor and Head of the Blood Bank, highlighted the objectives of the Donor Health Clinic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Finding effective ways to retain voluntary blood donors is crucial, and addressing the reasons for donor deferral is an important strategy to retain the shrinking blood donor pool,” she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Poornima Baliga, Pro vice-chancellor, faculty of health sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education felicitated Shubha and Lalita--winners of awards sponsored by Dr K Sathish Shetty Charitable Trust for the organisation achieving highest number of voluntary blood donations, best technical staff and non-technical staff respectively.</p>