State Bank Day celebrated with blood donation camp

A donor donating blood on SBI day at Chandigarh on Thursday.
A donor donating blood on SBI day at Chandigarh on Thursday.

Excelsior Correspondent
CHANDIGARH, July 1: To celebrate 66th ‘State Bank Day’, State Bank of India here today organized a blood donation camp at SBI Local Head Office Chandigarh in association with Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine PGIMER, Chandigarh.
On this occasion, Anukool Bhatnagar, Chief General Manager SBI Chandigarh Circle and Dr. Suchet Sachdeva, Associate Professor, Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine PGIMER encouraged the donors and thanked them for participating in the humanitarian cause.
A total of 110 units of blood were donated by SBI staff making this blood donation camp a big success.
The commitment of SBI in the service of nation was reinforced by blood donation camp organized on Bank Day for social service.
On the occasion of State Bank Day and Doctors Day a joint tree plantation was also organized by Director PGIMER, Chandigarh, Padma Shri Prof. Jagat Ram and SBI Chandigarh Circle CGM, Anukool Bhatnagar at PGIMER Chandigarh in the morning.
Dr. Jagat Ram appreciated the social work and long term association of PGIMER, Chandigarh and SBI.
SBI campaign ‘I am the I in SBI’ was also launched by the Circle CGM about strengthening the bonds between the Bank and its staff and customers. The campaign instills a belief, an overwhelming feeling that the ‘I’ in SBI is about me.
The Vice-President, SBI Ladies Club and other members presented certificates and gifts to blood donors and thanked them for donating blood.