Srinagar, Jun 14 (KNS): State Institute of Education (SIE) Kashmir observed World Blood Donor Day today to mark the anniversary of Karl Landsteiner. Every year countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) on 14 June. The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.

The theme for Blood Donor Day 2019 is “Blood donation and universal access to safe blood transfusion” to achieve universal health coverage. The slogan for the campaign is “Safe blood for all” to raise awareness about the universal need for safe blood in the delivery of health care.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel

Speaking on the occasion, Joint Director Trainings Mehboob Hussain accentuated the importance of Blood as resource, both for planned treatments, life-threatening conditions to live longer and with a higher quality of life, and supports complex medical and surgical procedures and crucial intercessions like emergencies of all kinds (natural disasters, accidents, armed conflicts, etc.) and has an essential, life-saving role in maternal and perinatal care.

Dr. Rabia Naseem Mughal and Mir Shabir Ahmed also deliberated on the vitality of Blood and its donations for saving more and more lives. (KNS)