Hyderabad: In a meeting held today at Darbar hall with senior officials from IT companies in twin cities Governor and President, Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan has appealed to all IT and other corporate institutions to encourage their employees to enroll themselves as Red Cross members.
The Governor asked the IT professionals to download the Red Cross Society “App” which was released recently by President of India at Raj Bhavan during his southern sojourn recently.
The President has also written a D.O. letter appreciating her efforts of membership drive for IRCS. Red Cross Society’s “App” is user-friendly and requested the young IT professionals to utilize the services of Red Cross Society.
Red Cross Society has been synonymous with several voluntary services and pioneer in organizing blood banks, Nature cure centers, and Old age homes to serve the poor in the state. The governor underlined the importance of blood banks and organizing blood donation camps to save the lives of many, she said.
Red Cross Society has been supplying blood regularly to all government hospitals, Military and Railway Hospitals in the state, she said. She added, IRCS aims that “nobody in the state should die because of want of blood”. (INN)