Mangaluru: Highland Islamic Forum organises 9th blood donation camp

Vartha Bharati | 13-10-2019 | 11:30:00 IST

Mangaluru: Highland Islamic Forum (HIF) on Sunday organised its 9^th blood donation camp in association with KMC blood bank. The event was coordinated by HIF Medical Cell and was organised at at HECC near Unity Hospital, Vaslane in Mangaluru.

Chief Guest of the event Moulana Altaf, Imam, Masjid-ul-Ehsaan inaugurated the camp with recitation of verses from Holy Quran. Other guests at the inaugural event included Abdul Razzaq, Trustee HECC, Ar. Ramnath Nayak, Principal, Indian Design School, Nazim SS, Ex-President HIF and Dr. KB Vatsala, MD, Pathology, Asst. Prof KMC.

Mohammed Rizwan welcomed the guests and donors and delivered keynote address. Dr. Vatsala briefed about the importance of blood donation and elaborated on how it helps people save lives of others.

During the inaugural event, five donors Mohammed Arif, reporter Vijay Karnataka, Purshotam Gatty, Senior Technician AK Group, Advocate Tousif Ahmed, Shaaz Ahmed AK and Brindavan for donating blood at all the nine blood donation camps organised by HIF.

Speaking to Varthabharati, Nazim AK informed that the collected blood units will be kept at KMC Blood Bank and that people can get in touch with HIF when they need blood units. He added that people can directly visit the HIF office in Masjid-ul-Ehsaan premises or they can also contact HIF office on +916366296133

The inaugural ceremony concluded with vote of thanks by Shaaz Ahmed AK. Special arrangements were also made for ladies to donate blood. The blood donation camp will conclude at 1.pm on Sunday.

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Odisha: Two girls drown while bathing in village pond

07-04-2026 ¦ 07-04-2026 IST

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Berhampur (Odisha) (PTI): Two girls drowned while bathing in a village pond in Odisha's Ganjam district on Tuesday, police said.

The deceased were identified as Pranjali Dora (11), a class 6 student, and Manini Dora (12), a student of class 7, both residents of Patanda village in Digapahandi police station area, a police officer said.

After returning home from school, they went to the village pond to take a bath like every other day. However, they slipped and fell into deep waters. Locals noticed them drowning and tried to rescue them but failed, he said.

Fire brigade personnel from Digapahandi retrieved the girls after a two-hour search and they were rushed to a nearby community health centre, where doctors declared them dead, Digapahandi police station officer-in-charge Kishor Kumar Samal said.

He said the bodies have been handed over to the respective families after conducting post-mortem examinations at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here.

He said unnatural death cases have been registered and an investigation launched.