KARACHI: Fatima Jinnah Dental College (FJDC) celebrated World Blood Donor Day in collaboration with The Indus Hospital (TIH).
The blood drives were arranged at both campuses. TIH’s team conducted brief awareness sessions, where they highlighted the medical importance of donating blood and the ethical and moral obligations we have towards our community.
It was stated that just one bottle of blood could go as far as saving 3 lives. Furthermore, they emphasized that blood is recycled every 120 days, and therefore rather than letting it go to waste, it should be donated in an attempt to save lives.
This was followed by blood collection from the students. A thorough history was taken of each volunteer, including their weight, blood pressure, haemoglobin levels etc., to find out whether they were healthy enough to donate blood. In the span of 2 days, 22 bags of blood were collected.
FJDC urges other institutes to hold similar events in order to help save lives in the community.
TIH is well known for treating patients with Thalassemia on a daily basis and providing treatment that is totally free of cost and therefore relies heavily on blood donations from the community.