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Pakistan Welfare Forum honours blood donors

Published: 18 May 2015 - 08:55 am | Last Updated: 13 Jan 2022 - 10:32 pm

Pakistan Welfare Forum (PWF) Medical Committee organised a ceremony to award appreciation certificates from HMC to the accepted donors by Hamad Medical Centre Blood Donor unit and PWF Certificates to other participant of blood donation campaign held at Pakistan Education Centre (PEC) recently. A single blood donation has the potential to save up to three adult lives or seven infant lives irrespective of religion, sect and nationality. The programme, conducted by Tahir Jamil, began with recitation of  verses from Holy Quran by Aleem Peracha. 
Riyaz Bakali, Aleem Peracha, Dr Tausif, Sher Ali, M Y Qamar, Arshad Hussain and Fazal Saleem distributed certificates. Medical Committee members ere present. Tahir Jamil informed audience about the benefit of blood donation as, it found that blood donors are 88 percent less likely to suffer a heart attack,  strokes, and cancers.”
Iqubal Neerchal Abdelullah, Business development Executive Naseem Al Rabeeh Medical Centre, received certificate of appreciation from PWF President Riyaz Bakali  in recognition of his role in organising medical awareness campaign for PWF school children at PEC. The next Blood donation compaign will be on June 4 at PEC from 3.30pm- 8.00pm.
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