Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Bank set World record for Blood collection in a single day. The blood donation camp organized by HDFC Bank on 6th December 2013 was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
The camp involved 61902 participants with 1115 blood donation camps held across 709 locations in the country. The camp has found a place in Guinness Book of Records as the largest such drive on a single day. With this HDFC became the first corporate firm to hold such recognition. Earlier in 2010 Shiv Sena, a political party of Maharashtra was entered into the Guinness Book of Records for organizing the blood donation camps.
HDFC Bank started this initiative in 2007 when over 4000 people volunteered for this cause. Since then the camp has grown in size and stature. In 2012, the bank collected 61611 units of blood from 75000 participants.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a country needs a minimum stock of blood equal to 1% of its population. This means India needs 12 million units of blood. A shortage of this life-saving resource has a major impact on victims of road accidents and trauma, women with complicated pregnancies, patients suffering from cancer and various blood disorders such as thalassemia, and people undergoing major surgeries.
The camp involved 61902 participants with 1115 blood donation camps held across 709 locations in the country. The camp has found a place in Guinness Book of Records as the largest such drive on a single day. With this HDFC became the first corporate firm to hold such recognition. Earlier in 2010 Shiv Sena, a political party of Maharashtra was entered into the Guinness Book of Records for organizing the blood donation camps.
HDFC Bank started this initiative in 2007 when over 4000 people volunteered for this cause. Since then the camp has grown in size and stature. In 2012, the bank collected 61611 units of blood from 75000 participants.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a country needs a minimum stock of blood equal to 1% of its population. This means India needs 12 million units of blood. A shortage of this life-saving resource has a major impact on victims of road accidents and trauma, women with complicated pregnancies, patients suffering from cancer and various blood disorders such as thalassemia, and people undergoing major surgeries.
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