The BJP-led Tripura government is working for overall development including the development of the Healthcare system which is a priority sector of the present state government, said Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha while addressing in a Blood Donation Camp and International Nurses Day Celebration programme organized at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Cancer Centre on Friday.

The Chief Minister said, “I want to appeal to the people of our state to cooperate with the government. Our government is a pro-people government. Our main aim is to how we can help people and how they can be benefitted. Our government is working to provide all kinds of benefits to people and keeping a close eye on their problems. All the ministers, MLAs are working hard. We are working to achieve the top performance. Our main priority is to solve the basic problems of common people”.

At the beginning of the programme, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Sushanta Chowdhury and BJP MLA Ratan Chakraborty paid floral tribute to the portrait of Florence Nightingale.

“Donating blood is an act of solidarity. Join the effort and save lives”.  It takes just a few minutes to donate blood, with each unit of blood donated being used to save lives. We can segregate blood components these days and one unit is used to save lives. Many a time blood is not easily available to people in emergency situations. People need to understand the importance of blood donation and there is no harm in donating it. Donation is the lone source of blood. So, to save life, blood needs to be donated, the chief minister added.

“If we donate blood, it would not just help the patients but our own bodies as well. Donation of blood is like servicing one’s own system as it helps your body form new blood more often and so become more robust”. There is no alternative of blood. The demand of blood could only be met through voluntary blood donation, he said, adding that one can save a precious life by donating blood.