Red Cross blood bank to be opened shortly in Hyderabad

By Our Staff Reporter

NIZAMABAD, APRIL 23. The chairperson of the Indian Red Cross Society, State branch and wife of the Governor, Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan, said the blood bank being established in Hyderabad by the Red Cross society would be inaugurated next month.

The bank coming up at a cost of Rs. 2 crores would be beneficial as a large number of Red Cross members were donating blood at the camps. The hospital would cater to the needs of the patients suffering from thalasemia, she said adding that the blood bank would be inaugurated by the Governor, Dr. C.Rangarajan. The senior most member of the society, Mr. Saraswati Rao, had donated a building to house the blood bank, she informed.

Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan was addressing the executive committee meeting of the Indian Red Cross society, district branch, here on Monday. She said her attention was also drawn to the plight of the disabled persons which prompted her to organise a special medical camp for them where Jaipur foot was provided to the needy. She said her plans of starting a hospital where artificial foot would be provided had fructified as several former students of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where the Governor was a professor, now staying here had come forward to generously contribute to the project.

Exhorting the youth to join the Red Cross movement, she said that shortly the Junior Red Cross is being set up and soon a GO is being issued which would enable students and youth to become active members of the Red Cross. Nevertheless, Junior Red Cross activities are on in 22 schools in the State, she pointed out. She called upon the district branch members to extend the activities of the Red Cross to the rural areas too.

The chairman of the district branch and District Collector, Mr. Shashank Goel, briefed the members about the activities taken up last year.

The Superintendent of police, Dr. Ravi Shankar Ayyanar, the Joint Collector, Mr. A.Koteswara Rao, senior district officials and members of the Red Cross were present.

Earlier, Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan visited the Government primary school at Phulong in the town, which has been adopted by the district branch of the Red Cross society. She expressed satisfaction on knowing that the school which was plagued by problems till six months ago now had become a model school with all the facilities.

She offered to provide school uniforms to the 80 odd students of the school and asked the district branch to make arrangement for supply of another pair to the students. She appealed to the people to contribute liberally to the Red Cross activities.

Later, Dr. Haripriya visited the temple town of Basar in neighbouring Adilabad district yesterday night. She offered prayers at the temple this morning and also performed `Akshara Abhyasam' of her granddaughter.

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