Kothagudem:Blood donation camps organised across the district on Thursday as part of Police Commemoration Week evoked good response.
The blood donations camps were organised in all police sub-divisions in the district at the direction of Superintendent of Police Dr. Vineeth G. A mega blood donation camp organised under the aegis of DSPAbdulRahaman in Kothagudem here Thursday was inaugurated by additional SP (operations) T SaiManohar. As many as 120 police personnel and the local youth donated blood.
Speaking on the occasion the additional SP expressed pleasure at the good response to the blood donation camp. Besides saving people’s lives in times of emergency, blood donation also helps individuals to stay healthy, he said.
Additional SP(AR)Vijaya Babu, SBCI Nagaraju, CIsPeddanna Kumar, Karunakar, Ramesh, Murali, RIs Ravi, Sudhakar and NarasimhaRao were present.
At a blood donation camp at Bhadrachalam Government Area Hospital the ASP ParitoshPankaj stood as inspiration by donating blood along with over 50 other police personnel and youths.
The ASP appealed to people to donate blood as it could help Thalassemia patients and those in medical emergencies. Bhadrachalam town CINagaraju Reddy, SIsMadhu Prasad, PVNRao and others were present.
In Khammam a blood donation camp was organised at the police headquarters training centre. Additional DCP(L&O)PrasadaRao who inaugurated the camp distributed certificates to 50 blood donors.