World Blood Donors Day 2017
Father Muller Medical College Hospital Blood Bank celebrated World Blood Donor’s Day and Inaugural of Youth Red Cross Unit 2017-18 on 13.07.2017. Honorable Professor Dr Shantharam Shetty, Pro-Chancellor of Nitte University was the Chief Guest for the function. The programme began with a Prayer song by Dr Priyanka and team, postgraduates of Pathology. Dr Jayaprakash Alva, Dean of Father Muller Medical College welcomed the gathering and introduced the Chief Guest for the day.
Dr Kirana Pailoor, Incharge of Blood Bank and Associate Professor of Pathology spoke on the significance of World Blood Donor’s Day. She mentioned that it is an event established by WHO to raise awareness regarding safe blood and also to thank all regular voluntary blood donors for their life saving gift of blood. She also said that the Youth of today are the driving force of tomorrow and hence they are establishing the Youth Red Cross Unit in Father Muller Medical College. Dr Shantharam Shetty, the Chief Guest also inaugurated the Youth Red Cross Unit of 2017-18 by giving the certificates and badges for its Advisory Committee Members.
Dr Shantharam Shetty and Rev Fr Rudolph Ravi D’Sa, Administrator FMMCH. The Poster Competition was held on the theme “Don’t wait till the disaster strikes. Give blood. Give now. Give often.†The judges and the winners of the Poster Competition were given Certificates and Mementoes by Rev Fr Ajith Menezes, Administrator Father Muller Medical College. All the participants of the Poster Competition were given certificates by the Dean, Dr Jayaprakash Alva.