Kotekar, November 24: Sanjeevini-the elixir of life! Truly living up to its name, Sanjeevini-2011, the blood-donation camp was organsied by the MBA dept of AIMIT, St. Aloysius College on Wednesday, November 23, at the Beeri Campus.
Sixth year in a succession, this life saving annual mission is the brain-child of Rev. Fr. Denzil Lobo, SJ, Director, AIMIT.
Sanjeevani finds its origin from the Hindu mythology Ramayana. During the great battle between Sri Ram and Ravana, Laxman, the younger brother of Ram got seriously wounded by Indrajeet, the son of Ravana. The medicine that came to his rescue then was the miraculous herb-Sanjeevini Buti. Since then Sanjeevini has become synonymous to life.
Transcending to the next level, Sanjeevini-2011 this year not only organised for the blood-donation camp but also played its societal role by providing a complementary medical check-up such as general, dental, eye and homeopathic for all the people joining the cause.
The inaugural speech was delivered by Dr. Shantaram Shetty; Vice Chancellor, Nitte University. He highlighted the importance of blood donation in saving one's life and also educated the gathering of its benefits. He ensured that the myths related to health hazards with blood donation were put into rest. He expressed his ecstasy over the enthusiasm shown by the organisers in taking this big step of organising life-saving mission and also congratulated everyone for its efforts.
Rev. Fr. Denzil Lobo, Director, AIMIT, expressed his deep gratitude towards Dr Shantaram Shetty for his presence and thanked the organisers. He also reiterated the need of blood-donation and his opinion was echoed by Mr KC Prabhu, Vice-Governor, Lions International Club later. He also convinced the assembly on the fact that how fortunate the blood-donors are.
MJF Lion Dr. Jayaram Shetty shared his insight on corneal blindness, its causes and preventive measures. He stressed on the importance of cornea donation and enlightened the gathering by the critical role being played by Lions International Club in the field of humanitarian services.
The ceremony was set on the right note with an emphatic video highlighting the significance of extending one's helping hand to save someone's life, by the means of blood donation.
This was followed by the college-choir seeking the blessings of the almighty.
Ms. Sneha S Kairanna welcomed the gathering and introduced the guests, and gave a brief of the events to follow.
Mr Sachin Pinto, Coordinator Sanjeevini-2011 thanked everyone for their presence and efforts. Right after this, people proceeded for the reason of their presence- blood-donation. The infrastructural facilities such as medical practitioners and the basic amenities were provided by Wenlock, KMC, AJ and Fr. Mullers Hospital. Mr Sachin Pinto inaugurated the show by being the first donor. He was followed by a number of volunteer-donors making the whole journey a success.
The camp continued till 3:00 pm leading the footfalls to 168 blood-donors, within a short-span of 4.30 hrs.
An equally great response was shown for the other medical check-ups as well with 133 people for general, 77 for dental, 125 for eye and 55 for homeopathic check-ups. This encouraged the organizers to pledge and come up with an even more impressive show next year, in order to make some difference, somewhere, to someone's life.
The students of the MBA section of AIMIT staged street plays at Thokattu and Beeri on 22nd evening to conscientize the general public on the advantages of blood donation.
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