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Governor presented awards and mementos to
District Collectors and voluntary organisations
Hyderabad, August 10 : Speaking at the 2nd Annual General
meeting of the Telangana Chapter of Indian Red Cross Society held here on
Friday, Governor of AP & Telangana Sri E.S.L. Narasimhan, who is also
President of the Indian Red Cross Society for the two states, said he feels
proud of the huge contingent of people who volunteered to serve the Red Cross
society, Telangana Chapter. He said the Red Cross Society Telangana chapter has
crossed all barriers in providing service to the needy people and said service
to people is service to every single human being. Governor stressed on the need
to ensure purity of blood provided through the blood banks maintained by Red Cross.
Governor also said that blood should be collected through voluntary blood
donation only. He said that Collectors should take active role in organising
blood donation camps in colleges and universities and they should take it up as
a movement. Governor said the Regional Centres of Red Cross should adopt
standard operating procedure to ensure purity of blood donation and supply and
they should take care of a cluster of districts by providing testing services
to them.
Governor said Home Nursing
is an essential service in urban areas and the demand is increasing by the day and said that the Telangana
chapter of Red Cross should take it up on a priority basis by providing
necessary training to male and female nursing care givers. Governor said one
important service started by the Telangana chapter of Red Cross Society is
commencing Dementia Day Care Centre at Hyderabad, which no other hospital in
the city offers. Stressing on the need for using brain power, Governor said
even though technology is important but it should not be a substitute for human
brain. He said technology should be used as an add on and facilitator and not
as a substitute. Governor said, of late healthcare has become unaffordable and
he was happy to note that the Telangana govt is making efforts to provide
access to affordable health care to all people. He said eye sight testing
scheme taken up by the state government, which will cover all people in the
state, will go a long way in early detection of eye sight defects in children.
Governor said government
by itself cannot be expected to manage all disaster management situations and
citizens should also chip in by lending an helping hand at times of need. He
cited the example of floods in Chennai, in which citizens came forward and lent
a helping hand to fellow citizens. Governor said he is very happy to note that
District Collectors and Superintendents of Police have taken an active role in
mobilising donations and organising blood donation camps. Governor said there
is a need for opening Centres for children with special needs such orphans,
mentally retarded children and spastics children and Red Cross should take an
initiative in this direction. He said inclusive society means that every fellow human being is taken care.
Governor congratulated the Telangana Chapter of Red Cross Society led by Sri
B.V. Papa Rao, Chairman and his team for their tremendous efforts in increasing
the scope of activities. Governor said Collectors should tap into development
funds of MPs and MLAs for Red Cross society activities.
Earlier, Sri B.V. Papa
Rao, Chairman of Telangana Chapter of Red Cross Society and Sri Harpreet Singh,
Principal Secretary to Governor and Vice Chairman of the Red Cross Society also
spoke on the occasion. Governor presented Gold Medals and Mementoes to District
Collectors, SPs, officers, Heads of Corporates, voluntary organisations,
individual contributors, who rendered sustained humanitarian services for the
years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17.
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