AHMEDABAD : The Patel household from Manekbaug has 27 members in an prolonged household of 4 brothers and a sister. Of those, 16 have donated blood greater than 50 occasions, together with 4 centurions who’ve donated greater than 100 occasions! “Cumulatively, we have now donated about 1,400 items of blood to this point.
Contemplating one unit at 450 ml, the overall accounts for about 630 litres,” says Dr Maulin Patel, who’s the youngest centurion blood donor of Gujarat.
Because the Nationwide Voluntary Blood Donation Day is widely known on Oct 1 in India, Ah- medabad holds the excellence of being the capital of blood donation – the town boasts a document 130 centurion blood donors, together with three ladies centurions.
However amid these stalwarts, two households maintain the distinc- tion of donating greater than 350 litres of blood! Whereas the Patels have donated 1400 items or 630 litres, the Mavalankars have donated 790 items or 356 litres.
For our household, the custom began with my uncle Rameshbhai, who was impressed by Satya Sai Baba and needed to provoke the follow of donation.
In 1985, it was extra to do with guaranteeing a daily blood provide for kids with thalassaemia. Whereas he donated blood 94 occasions, his son Amul has donated 103 occasions. At present, the third era is carrying ahead the legacy,” says Dr Maulin Patel, including that Dimple Bhimani, his sister, has donated blood 103 occasions. “My dad and mom, who’re within the US, are nearing their centuries with 98 donations every.”
Dimple Bhimani says that ladies typically didn’t come ahead for the donation, but it surely was the general household help and blood donation as amission that impressed her to donate often.
For the Mavalankar household, the legacy began with the institution of the Indian Pink Cross Society (IRCS) in 1962 in the course of the Indo-China conflict to make sure blood provide for the armed forces. Dr VG Mavalankar was one of many co-founders of the unit in Ahmedabad. There are 24 blood donors from households of 4 brothers.
His nephew Siddharth Mavalankar right now is without doubt one of the foremost blood donors with 180 donations. “In entire blood donations – as these days plasma and platelet donations are additionally counted – it is without doubt one of the highest.
Contemplating that one can donate 4 occasions a yr with a niche of three months, I donated often for 45 years,” he says, including that the cap of 65 years stopped him from going additional.
Within the Mavalankar household, there are 5 members who’ve donated blood greater than 50 occasions. “For us, the motivation was to make sure a relentless blood provide.
Once I began off in 1974, it was uncommon to seek out those that donate blood 4 occasions a yr. It’s heartening to see the general consciousness and enthusiasm of the town for the trigger,” provides Mavalankar.
Mukesh Patel, chairman emeritus of IRCS Ahmedabad, says that the brand of the chapter is a lion as Amdavadis are actually ‘Sherdil’ in terms of giving. “The place else would you discover so many blood donors who guarantee that there’s by no means a dearth of lifeblood for the sufferers?” he says.
