Hooghly college remembers inventor of Kala-Azar medicine
The authorities of Hooghly Mohsin College organised a national seminar to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Upendranath Brahmachari, the inventor of the Kala-azar medicine Urea Stibamine.
Amids the lockdown, blood donation camps have badly been affected. The scarcity of blood have hit the thalassemia affected children, so a social organisation came forward to the rescue of thalassemia-affected children who need frequent blood transfusion.
A social organization jointly with life care blood bank today conducted a blood donation camp at Janai. Maintaining social distancing, blood was donated by forty donors for the thalassemia – affected children who are in urgent need of blood transfusion.
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The Serampore MP Mr. Kalyan Banerjee thanked the donors for coming to the rescue for thalassemia-affected children, Mr. Subir Mukherjee the zela parishad Purto Karmadhyka was also present on the occasion.
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