Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya kickstarts nationwide blood donation drive

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday participated in a blood donation camp organised in the national capital as a part of the nationwide Raktdaan Amrit MahotsavThe blood donation camp has been organised at Safdarjung Hospital on the occasion of the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra ModiOn PM Modis 72nd birthday the Union Health Ministry started a mega drive for voluntary blood donation from September 17 to October 1 which is National Voluntary Blood Donation DayThe Health Ministry has also launched the ERakt Kosh portal where donors can register for blood donation from September 17 onwards The donors can also opt to register themselves on the Arogya Setu AppMandaviya took to Twitter and said Blood donation great donation Donated blood under RaktdaanAmritMahotsav starting from today on the birthday of Prime Minister NarendraModi It is heartwarming to be involved RaktdaanAmritMahotsav Come be a part of this great work tooAlso Read Mumbai 80 blood donation camps organised to mark PM Modirsquos birthday experts worry wastageI have done my bit for humanity The gift of blood is a gift to someones life Be a proud blood donor Share your blood donation certificate and inspire others to join this noble cause of humanity RaktdaanAmritMahotsav he said in another tweetAs per Mandaviyas earlier tweet the ones who wish to donate blood can also register themselves by visiting httpseraktkoshinAccording to an official India has enough capacity to store the blood units It is expected that India may create a world record but it depends on the donationsWe are trying to motivate donors and create a database so that they can make repeat donations said an official source said on WednesdayThe purpose behind the campaign launch is to increase awareness about the need for regular nonremunerated voluntary blood opportunities for social mobilization and social cohesiveness for the noble cause of blood donation to ensure that bloodcomponents whole blood packed red cellsplasmaplatelets are available accessible affordable and safe the source saideRaktKoshCentralized Blood Bank Management SystemhttpseraktkoshinThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever