Indian Red Cross Society to have its own building to provide emergency medical facilities

June 15: Dakshina Kannada branch of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) will soon have its own building to provide emergency medical aid to the public. Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) district branch Chairman C A Shantharam Shetty presided over World Blood Donors’ Day programme which was organised by ICRS district branch at Town Hall.
He said that a free health checkup centre has been established by ICRS. There are plans to facilitate a Janaushadi Centre at Padavinangadi and a help desk at the district government Wenlock Hospital.
Nitte Deemed to be University vice-chancellor Prof Dr Sathish Kumar Bhandary said the birthday of Dr Karl Land Steiner is observed as Blood Donors’ Day across the world. Dr Karl was a Nobel laureate who invented the blood grouping and also polio virus.
Government Lady Goschen Hospital Residential Medical Officer Dr Durgaprasad, district environment officer Rajashekhar Puranik, IRCS honorary secretary S A Prabhakar Sharma, Blood Bank sub-committee chairman Dr U V Shenoy were also present during the occasion.