Jan 10, Kathmandu- As part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ Embassy of India, Pension Paying Office (PPO), Dharan organized a Blood Donation program inside its premises on 07 Jan 2023 (2079 Poush 23), Saturday with the co-ordination of Nepal Red Cross Society, Sunsari.

The blood donation program was conducted at 08 AM which ended at 05 PM. In this program the Indian Army ex-servicemen and their dependents from Sunsari, Dhankuta, Udaipur, Morang, and Jhapa districts, staff of the National Investigation Department, Nepal Police, Nepal Traffic Police, Nepal Army, Sub-Metropolitan City, Dharan, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Delhi Public School, Dharan, College Students & citizens of Nepal and Staff of these offices participated with full enthusiasm.

PPO Dharan successfully collected 283 blood pints. The blood pints have also been handed over to the Nepal Red Cross Society. As per the Nepal Red Cross Society, this is the highest collection of blood pints by any organization in a single donation camp, within this fiscal year 2079-80 in Sunsari district. 

Mr. Aaindra Begha, Deputy Mayor, Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City, Mr. Krishna Khanal, Deputy Inspector General of the National Investigation Department, Dr. Bikram Prasad Shrestha, Departmental Head of Orthopedics & Neuron, Dr. Rajiv Maharjan, Orthopedics & Neuron Specialist, Dr. Pramindra Prasad Gupta, Head of Emergency Department at BPKIHS, Dharan, Inspector Shyam Kumar Basnet, Incharge of District Traffic Police, Sunsari, Inspector Suraj Shrestha, Incharge of Nepal Police School, Dharan and Mr. Umesh Thapa, President of Nepal Redcross Society, Sunsari had participated in the event.

Major Bharat Kanojiya, Officer-in-Charge, PPO Dharan expressed his gratitude to each and every individual who participated in this noble cause and contributed to making this a huge success and also hopes for this number to increase with more participants in the next blood donation program.