Red Cross Blood Bank in Chhattisgarh has received an award of excellence for 100% voluntary blood donation, providing free blood to thalassemia patients.
One of the main objectives of Red Cross is to protect life and provide immediate relief to the victims of natural calamities such as floods, cyclones, epidemics, famine, drought, earthquakes, fire accidents etc.
First-Aid is the assistance given to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from getting worse, and/or promote recovery.
Junior and Youth Red Cross programmes are an integral part of the strategic approach taken by the Indian Red Cross Society.Young people act as agents of change and advocates for vulnerable people.
The programme aims to create a cadre of trained volunteers, numbering 1% of the population of each district.
The concept of the Medicine banks has been evolved with the object of providing medicines free of cost to poor & needy people to the extent possible, supplementing the services by the Government in providing free medicines.
