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CGST officers, family members donate blood for Thalassemia patients

Under Swacchata Special Campaign 3.0, CGST Commissionerate, Guntur, and Customs Preventive Commissionerate, Vijayawada organised a mass blood donation camp on Tuesday for the cause of Thalassemia patients.

It was held at 18 locations across the State with the support of Red Cross, Lions Club, Rotary Club and GGH. Several college students, officers and their family members donated blood at the camps.

Sanjay Pant, Chief Commissioner, Central Tax and Customs, Visakhapatnam Zone, virtually inaugurated the camp and commended the donors for volunteering for the cause. 

Sadhu Narasimha Reddy, CGST Commissioner, told the media at the Indian Red Cross Society office in Guntur that they targeted to collect 1,000 units of blood. Several offices, colleges, clubs, and societies are actively participating in the blood donation camps, he said.

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