Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (GA)

Mangalore, Feb 26: A blood donation camp was organized at St Aloysius College on Tuesday February 26. This camp was jointly organized by the student council and the NSS units of the college.  A total of 150 units of blood was collected at the end of the camp.

Dr U Thalithaya, blood bank officer, Red Cross Society, Mangalore inaugurated the camp. Dr Sumit, blood bank officer, Kasturba Medical College (Ambedkar Circle) was the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sumit threw light on the importance of donating blood. He called upon the students of the college to shun all apprehensions about donating blood and actively take part in the camp.

Exclusive software called the Blood Software was also launched on this occasion. This software was developed by Mahesh Chowta. This software which will be made available in all the colleges of Mangalore University enables one to maintain complete database of all the blood donors in a college. Using this software, it is possible to identify donors available for a particular group at a particular time.

Fr Francis Almeida, campus minister of the college, Dr Richard Gonzalves, director of the students’ council, Dr Vishwanath Badikana, nodal officer, Mangalore university and Ravindraswami, chief NSS officer were present on the occasion.