Volunteers donate blood during the camp held in Sovima village on June 29.
Blood donation camp in Sovima village held
Sovima, June 29 (MExN): Sovima Health & Wellness Centre, under the aegis of Sovima Village Council (SVC) and in collaboration with Dimapur Civil Hospital Blood Bank conducted a blood donation camp.
A total of 46 volunteer, 10 donors from Combat Academy, 15 from Tetso College, 10 from Global Peers Skilling and Development Institute and 11 from Sovima village turned up for the camp today, stated a press release issued by SVC, Secretary, Ruokuosilie Rupreo.
In his message, SVC, Chairman, Sebastian Zumvü lamented that Nagas have a serious misconception about blood donation and suggested that we, especially the Church, create more awareness about the benefits and need to donate blood more often.
“Our donation can mean life or death for some people who are in dire need. Let us strive towards making Sovima village synonymous with blood donors,” he said.
Also interacting with some of the donors, Zumvü shared the positive aspects of frequent blood donation such as “lowering risks of heart attacks and also an easy way to detoxification of the body.”
“Longevity of Red Blood Corposcles is only about 120 days after which the cells perish and are regenerated,” he said. “So instead of letting the precious blood cells go to waste why don’t we donate our blood to those in acute requirement? It will make the difference of life and death to someone in ICU,” he added.
Dr Temsu Lemtur, Senior Specialist, District Hospital, Dimapur, who was the resource person at the Camp, revealed that blood donation in Dimapur district accounts to almost 70% of total blood donations in the State, and that other districts have very low donations even though blood requirement is high in all areas of the State.
The Blood Bank in DHD caters to all the major hospitals in Kohima and even to other districts of the State, Dr Temsu revealed and expressed the hope that other villages, too, emulate Sovima and come forward.
He also said that for an average healthy person between the age group of 18 to 65 years it is absolutely safe to donate blood four times in a year under medical supervision.
Sovima Village Sub Centre Management Committee, Chairman Gebou Metha expressed gratitude to all the donors and also the team of Dr Temsu for coming forward to participate in the camp.
