Mumbai: Inadequate capacity of transfusable blood is one of the biggest medical concerns in the country today. Understanding this imbalance and aiming to contribute towards the health and wellness of the community at large, ITM Group of Institutions, India’s, one of the well-known management institutes organised a blood donation drive in Mumbai
The ITM Group of Institutions organized a blood donation camp in many parts of India in which students and staff not only volunteered but also donated their blood. This year, over 540 people volunteered for this cause at the Mumbai Campus.
ITM Group of Institutions have been supporting this initiative from the last 6 years. The objective of this initiative was to collaborate on societal causes, and work together towards providing quality health care facilities to its communities. The ITM employees and student volunteered enthusiastically and worked in combination with HDFC teams to make the Camp a major success. The initiative received an overwhelming response and a total of 340 units of blood were collected.
Speaking on the occasion, HDFC Bank Limited official said “The Banks has been conducting All India Voluntary Blood Donation Campaign every year since 2007 onwards. We have entered the 11th year by this blood donation campaign. We are very proud in saying that in the corporate initiative we are the largest organiser of blood donation drive. It will be a very good message for the students in their educational career and entire team of HDFC by donating blood many poor and needy patient’s life can be saved during their emergency."
Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Lakshmi Murthy, Chief People Officer, ITM Group of Institutions said “It gives us immense contentment to be able to contribute towards our society by way of donating blood for the needy patients. I would like to thank all the ITMites, volunteers and officials from the Institution who have joined us in this earnest need. The need for more and more requirement of such camps in the backdrop of vast population of the country to express satisfaction for working towards the social cause is important. The active participation of our employees and students is a tribute that we are always enthusiastic to support such causes and do our bit to make our society a better place to live.”
Camps such as this give the employees and students of ITM Group of institutions an opportunity to participate in philanthropic events and therefore, contribute significantly towards the welfare of the community.