Date:23/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/23/stories/2008052354280300.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Call for promoting blood donation

Staff Reporter

Kakinada: Indian Red Cross Society district president and Collector Gopalakrishna Dwivedi has said that the Red Cross Blood Bank has been requiring more quantity of blood these days, and called for encouraging blood donation. The society was prepared to extend help for conducting blood donation camps to meet the requirement and help the need in cases of emergency, he said in a press release. Necessary facilities would be provided to any organisation that takes the initiative. Further details can be obtained from phone numbers 0884-2371409 or 2385800.