21/06/2022
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CMC Vellore, Chittoor Campus Celebrated World Blood Donor Day Celebration Day on 14.06.2022
Every year, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) on the 14th of June. The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.
In commemoration of the World Blood Donor Day, the Diagnostic laboratory, Chittoor Campus, CMC Vellore organized an awareness programme on 14th June, 2022 in the Chittoor Campus, CMC Vellore. The theme for this year was “Donating Blood is an Act of Solidarity”. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Dr. B.Ramesh Babu, Additional District Medical and Health Officer, Chittoor District, Andra Pradesh. The programme started with prayer followed by felicitations by Dr. Kenny S. David, Associate Director, Chittoor Campus, Dr. Dolly Rose, Head, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology and Mrs. Florence Segaran, Principal, College of Nursing, Chittoor Campus, CMC Vellore. All the dignitaries highlighted the importance of the voluntary blood donation and blood donation as gesture of solidarity. There were posters, slogans and catchy-phrase competitions in which staff, nursing and AHS students of Chittoor Campus participated and the winners were awarded certificates. With the help of the blood bank, CMC Vellore a voluntary blood donation camp was organised in the Chittoor Campus, as an effort to educate and encourage more people to donate blood and continue being in the healing ministry of Christian Medical College, Vellore.
List of prize winners of the competition :
Poster competition :
1. Mercy Salomi S., Chittoor nursing student 1st year
2. Vijay Kumar H., Chittoor anaesthesia staff
3. Manigandan B., Chittoor Optometry student 2nd year
Slogan competition :
1. Medona Rosy V., Chittoor nursing student 2nd year
2. Mary, Chittoor HICC staff nurse
3. Gnana Priya, Chittoor Anaesthesia staff
Catchy-phrase competition :
1. Mary, Chittoor HICC staff nurse
2. Gnana Priya, Chittoor Anaesthesia staff
3. Maithili, Chittoor laboratory intern