June 14th was World Blood Donor Day and the focus for this year’s campaign was “SAFE BLOOD FOR SAVING MOTHERS”. The aim of the campaign is to increase awareness about timely access to safe blood and blood products to prevent maternal deaths worlwide.

Towards this, the Department of Transfusion Medicine/ Blood Bank of Global Hospitals, LB Nagar, Hyderabad which is the first NABH Accredited Blood Bank in the erstwhile AP, has successfully conducted a Blood Donation drive on 14th June’2014 from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Many people from the neighbourhood including the staff of Global Hospitals voluntarily participated in the drive and donated blood with much enthusiasm.