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awarded him a certificate ofappreciation from the HealthDepartment for his 32 donations.DebateA debate was organized for thetrainees of the Royal Institute ofHealth Sciences in support of asafe blood campaign, under theslogan “Donate blood—Save life”.Certificates and prizes wereawarded to the best speaker andthe team that won the debate.Donors lined up to donate bloodCultural programmeCultural programmes were put onin schools and institutes,spreading the “Donate Blood—Save Life” message. Short skitswere followed by songs anddances in the evening.Guest lectureThe Chief Guest Speaker forDechenphodrang Monastic Schoolwas a senior Buddhist Lama. Hehighlighted the importance ofdonating blood voluntarily, and theinvolvement of the wholecommunity in such a noble cause.In his speech he made severalreferences to the sacrifices of theLord Buddha in order to helpothers.SymposiumA symposium on safe blood washeld at JDWNRH on 8 April aspart of the WHD 2000celebrations, and included thefollowing topics:— Safe blood transfusion— Blood usage in JDWNRHstatistics— Medical indication of bloodtransfusion— Blood transfusion in theoperating theatre/intensivecare unit— Use of blood in obstetrics/gynaecological practice— Transfusion-transmittedinfections— Rational use of blood and bloodproducts.Participants of the symposiumincluded doctors from Indo-BhutanFriendship Hospital, Lungtenphuarmy hospital and doctors,Assistant Clinical Officers, wardin-charges and laboratorytechnicians of JDWNRH.Blood donor enrolmentA blood donor enrolment andmobile blood banking camp washeld on 8 April 2000. Fifty donorsgave blood and many more wereregistered after confirming theirblood groups.Video show “Donateblood—Save a life”The IECH Bureau prepared twovideo films of 20 minutes each onsafe blood, which were shown tothe RIM trainees and otherparticipants in the Institute’sauditorium.AcknowledgementsGroups that carried out activitieson WHD 2000 included: the RoyalInstitute of Management (RIM),the Institute for Language andCultural Studies Semtokha, theRoyal Institute of Health Sciences,Dratsang Lentshog (Secretariatfor Monk Body), Motithang HighSchool, the Police, DechencholingJunior High School, ChangangkhaJunior High School, Choden JuniorHigh School, JDWNRH and ChukhaDzongkhag. The IECH Bureau andthe WHO Country Office were thekey coordinators. ▲For more information on bloodsafety activities in Bhutan, contact:Dr Krishna Prasad SharmaPathologistJigme Dorji Wangchuck NationalReferral HospitalThimphuTel: +975 2 322497/322 496Fax: +975 2 323 812E-mail: DRKPSharma@yahoo.com.88 ▲ WORLD HEALTH DAY ▼ SAFE BLOOD STARTS WITH ME