More than 87 thousand people made a new world record by donating blood on the PM's Birthday

A 15-day blood donation campaign started on Saturday on the occasion of PM Modi's birthday. Under this campaign, people donated blood by registering on the Arogya Setu app or e-Raktkosh portal to donate blood. Within a few hours, a new world record was created under the 'Blood Donation Amrit Mahotsav'. So far 87137 people have donated blood on the occasion of the birthday of the country's successful PM Narendra Modi, which is a new world record. Earlier, 86000 people had made a world record by donating blood in a day.

नया विश्व कीर्तिमान!

आज मुझे बताते हुए हर्ष है की प्रधानमंत्री @NarendraModi जी के जन्मदिन पर #RaktdaanAmritMahotsav के तहत 87 हज़ार से अधिक लोगो ने अब तक स्वेच्छा से रक्तदान किया है, जो की एक नया विश्व कीर्तिमान है।

अपने प्रिय प्रधानसेवक को देश की तरफ से यह एक अमूल्य भेंट है। pic.twitter.com/Fp2PPlqhKK

— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) September 17, 2022

Regarding this, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted that on the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

This festival will be celebrated till October 1 – National Voluntary Blood Donation Day. As many as 5,857 camps across the country have been allowed to collect blood for the 'Rakt Donation Amrit Mahotsav'. The aim of the campaign 'Rakt Daan Amrit Mahotsav' is to collect one lakh units of blood in a day. Apart from this, people will be made aware about donating blood regularly. One unit of blood means 350 ml of blood. All Ministries and Departments of the Centre, States and Union Territories, non-governmental and community organizations and other stakeholders will participate in this campaign.