KSSSCI Organizes Blood Donation Camp on World Cancer Day 2025 to Support Cancer Patients

February 4, 2025

On 4 February 2025, on the occasion of World Cancer Day, a blood donation camp was organized at Kalyan Singh Super Specialty Cancer Institute, Lucknow with the cooperation of nursing and paramedical staff. Professor MLB Bhatt, Director of the Institute, in his address after the inauguration of this camp, praised all the participating blood donors and called upon the youth to donate blood regularly. He said that despite the latest technology, no other alternative to blood is available till now and the importance of blood donation is the same as organ donation. In the same sequence, Dr. Sharad Singh, Chief Medical Superintendent and Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology of the Institute, while highlighting the important need of blood units and all its components in the treatment of cancer patients, said that to meet the adequate demand of blood for cancer patients, all people from the society should voluntarily come forward to donate blood. Dr. Anju Dubey, Head of the Department of Transfusion Medicine of the Institute, the organizer of this blood donation camp, expressed her commitment to organize blood donation camps in a phased manner to immediately meet the need of blood units for cancer patients. 26 types of blood components are available for the treatment of cancer patients through the world-class Apheresis machine in the institute. In this camp, 40 doctors and employees motivated for public welfare expressed their commitment to serve the patients by donating blood.