Ruby Hall Clinic to celebrate 98th birth anniv of founder chairman

Pune: Ruby Hall Clinic will mark the 98th birth anniversary of founder chairman late Dr KB Grant by organising a special get-together on November 30.
 
The get-together will be of voluntary blood donation drive organisers, voluntary blood donors, management of Ruby Hall Clinic, including doctors and Blood Bank Unit staff. Renowned social reformer and founder director of the Muktangan De-addiction centre, Dr Anil Awachat, will be the chief guest of this programme.
 
The programme will be conducted on November 30 from 10.30 am to 1 pm.

Speaking about the programme, Dr Sanjay Pathare, Medical Director, Ruby Hall Clinic, said that the voluntary blood donation drive organisers and voluntary blood donors play a crucial role at the most testing times to give a new lease of life to many patients in need.

“Then there are those who have rare blood groups and are always ready to help whenever the need arises at any time of the day or night. Through the programme, we want to salute all these people who we call as ‘Raktadoots’ or ‘Angels’ who ensure that patients get blood transfusion on time,” said Dr Pathare. Elaborating on the initiative, Dr Snehal Mujumdar, Director, Ruby Hall Clinic Blood Bank, said the idea is to imbibe the importance of the noble cause of blood donation. Bomi Bhote, CEO, Ruby Hall Clinic, said that whatever advances there might be in science and technology, there is no substitute for blood, it can’t be manufactured.

“Therefore, donating blood is a noble act as it saves innumerable lives and gives happiness to their families. We salute the blood donation drive organisers and blood donors for their philanthropic act for those they don’t even know. These donors remind us that humanity is still alive and people in need can come out of challenging times because of these angels,” said Bhote.