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The Defence Blood Donation Programme donated 700 units of blood to the Tata Medical Centre in Kolkata, India, where 121 Bhutanese cancer patients are currently being treated at the hospital.
Tata Hospitals has deployed less than 1,000 security personnel to treat blood-related cancer patients and they have volunteered to donate blood for the patients undergoing treatment.
The program is designed to help patients suffering from cancer and other serious anemia diseases.
Tadrin Rinpoche, director of the security project, said the aim of the project is to ensure that Tata Hospital is able to provide blood transfusion services to victims and security forces, and they are working to demonstrate their commitment to serving the community.
After a medical check-up, the first security guard went to the Kolkatata Blood Bank in July to arrange for reception of 40 blood donors every day.
The first batch of 41 security personnel donated blood on Saturday, while the second security training was held in Kolkata in July.
The Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Health and the Office of the Secretary General for His Majesty’s Welfare screened and assisted potential donors.
The government spends Rs 10 lakh every year to send 350 Bhutanese patients to India for treatment and the demand for blood has been a challenge.
The blood donation drive was organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Bhutan in India.
Bhutanese security guard Sangmo expressed the welfare of His Majesty the King and the Bhutanese patients at Tata Hospital and said he participated in the blood donation program after hearing about the need for blood.
Security guard Thimley Rinpoche said Bhutanese patients at the hospital thanked the security guards, who said they paid Rs 7,000 per unit to buy blood from Kolkata.
He said Bhutanese bone cancer patients often receive about 31 units of blood, “which is necessary”.
Eleven heads of departments and the director of Tata Hospital thanked His Majesty the King and the security personnel for coming to the house.
Tadling Rinpoche, a security guard who came to donate blood, said that health officials from the Bhutanese government’s embassy in Kolka and the Jigme Rinpoche National Medical Center made 60% of their work easier because they insisted on it.
The first batch included 17 security guards from Phuntsholing and 24 security guards from Thimphu.
The third draw will be held at Tata Hospital tomorrow and the fourth draw will be held in August and they are scheduled to go to Chirang on the 4th.
Ugyen Dorje
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