City to get state’s first private blood bank

The city will have Des Raj Jairath Lions Blood Bank the first-of-its-kind private blood bank in the state. District Governor of the International Association of Lions Clubs Lion District 321 F Kanwaljit Singh Sethi said,“This blood bank will come up at 350 square yards on the Hambran Road near Bagula Mukhi temple and will cost Rs 5 crore. The whole system for checking the collected blood and for keeping it in the blood bank would be automatic.”

Sethi further said,“P R Jairath,Zone Chairperson after whose father’s memory the blood bank has been named,has appreciated this venture. This project is aimed at helping the patients in dire need of blood.”

He said Lions Clubs International,the largest service organization in the world,has always been on the forefront for mitigating the suffering of ailing humanity and downtrodden section of society. He said,“This blood bank would be made functional within five months span. And anyone who needed blood would be helped through this blood bank.”