SRCC Children’s Hospital to organising Blood Donation Week to celebrate World Blood Donor Day
From 11th to 15th June 2018
Narayana Health – SRCC Children’s Hospital on the eve of World Blood donor Day is organising a Blood Donation Camp between 11th June – 15th June 2018. The camp is conducted to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products, and to thank blood donors for their voluntary, life-saving gifts of blood. Dr. Zarin Bharucha, Chairperson, Federation of Bombay Blood Banks and also WHO consultant and international expert on Transfusion Medicine will be inaugurating the camp on 11th June 2018 at 11am. Dr. Purna Kurkure (Medical Director), Mr. Arunesh Punetha (Zonal Director) and Mr. Rupesh Chaubey (Facility Director), Narayana Health – SRCC Children’s Hospital will be present on the occasion at NH-SRCC Children’s Hospital, Haji Ali Park, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai.
Narayana Health SRCC Children’s Hospital also urges people to come forward and donate blood during this camp.
About NH SRCC Children’s Hospital
SRCC Children’s Hospital, managed by Narayana Health, is a multi-speciality hospital exclusively for children. Of the 207 beds currently operational, 87 have been allocated for Multispecialty Critical Care covering new-borns to adolescents. It has taken critical care to a higher level with the concept of Level IV care where a qualified team of Paediatric Intensivists will be able to provide Emergency Life Support (ELS) for children with failure of their vital organs including heart, lungs and kidneys. Also available are a team of specialists in Cardiac sciences, Neurosciences, Hematology- Oncology, infectious diseases, Endocrinology, Orthopaedics, ENT, Gastroenterology, diagnostics services and nephrology amongst others.
About Narayana Health:
With all super-speciality tertiary care facilities that the medical world offers, Narayana Health is a one-stop healthcare destination for all. Founded by Dr. Devi Shetty and headquartered in Bengaluru, Narayana Health group is the second largest health care provider in the country in terms of operational bed count. The first facility was established with approximately 225 operational beds in year 2000 at NH Health City in Bengaluru. The Company today operates a chain of multispeciality tertiary and primary healthcare facilities across a network of 24 hospitals and 7 heart centres in India and single hospital overseas at Cayman Islands with over 5,600 operational beds across all its centres and potential to reach a capacity of over 6,900 beds (For details, visit www.narayanahealth.org)
About Society for Rehabilitation of Crippled Children (SRCC): SRCC is a not-for-profit organization with the objective of making a difference to child healthcare in India. It was established in 1948 to start Children’s Orthopaedic Hospital to assist children affected by polio. So far, SRCC has provided healthcare benefits to 100,000 children. Mr. S Ramadorai (Padma Bhushan recipient) is the Chairman of SRCC – he is Advisor to the Prime Minister, National Council on Skill Development; Chairman of several Institutions and Companies; and is Commander of the Order of the British Empire.