March10, Anandpur Sahib "World Largest Blood Camp"

The mega blood donation camp held at Khalsa College here today turned into an icon of unity in diversity. People from various castes, walks of life and all age groups participated in this exercise, which aims to making it to the Guinness Book of World Records..... ......... ......... ......... ......

Cameras had been installed at four various places at the camp for head count. “This has been done in compliance with the orders of the Guinness authorities. Only donors are being made to pass where cameras have been installed,” said Jasminder Singh Jassi, spokesperson for the camp. He added that the moment 18,207 were collected, the camp would be concluded... ......... ............. ..

The site for the camp was divided into 14 blocks, each having 50 beds. There were around 2,500 donations in an hour averaging 15 minutes per donor. As many as 5,000 volunteers, including 3,000 paramedical staff personnel, were deployed to ensure a smooth operation of the camp.

Pics of SikhiSidak & United Sikhs vols. trip to Blood Donor Camp