Girl shuns birthday get together to advertise blood donation in Maharashtra.
In a noble gesture, a six-year-old woman in Maharashtra’s Palghar determined to not have a good time her birthday and moderately inspired her relations to donate blood on the event to forestall its scarcity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yuga Amol Thackeray, a resident of Gandre village in Wada taluka of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, turned six on Saturday.
Moved by appeals made in media for blood donation, she requested her relations to not give her any items or maintain a celebration and as an alternative, donate blood to mark the day.
Her relations and their family members and associates responded to her enchantment and 36 of them donated blood on the Kalyani Hospital right here on Saturday, Dr Vaibhav Thackeray, who runs the medical facility, advised PTI on Monday.
“It was really thoughtful and a good gesture by the child. We are proud of her initiative at this age,” he stated.
The donated blood was despatched to the Wamanrao Oak Blood Bank in neighbouring Thane, he added.
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