Ranchi: If only his village has a blood bank, his sister will not be miscarried.
So, the 24-year-old Shiva Gandu, from Guntur at Andhra Pradesh, was still traumatized by the incident, decided to do something about it.
Youth, the native of Timmayapaelm in the Addanki Mandal of the Prakasam district in the Guntur of AP, has started in the Kanyatakumari to Jammu and Kashmir with the aim of building a blood bank in his home village and raising awareness about blood donation in the country.
On Thursday, Shiva reached Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, took a walk around 7,000 km because he began a mission to save the lives in April this year.
“I started the journey from Kanyakumari on April 1 and crossed 14 countries so far covered 7,000 km.
From Ranchi, I will go to Patna on Friday morning,” said Siwa told toi during a stop at the city hotel on Thursday.
“Last year during the first wave of locked covid induced, we had to rush my sister who was pregnant to hospital after he developed some complications.
He needs blood but we cannot set it on time because people are not ready to be donated for fear of covid -19 and village I do not have a government blood bank.
In fact, in my mandal, there are 28 villages and no blood banks for a vast population.
The closest blood bank from my village is around 200km which is private.
Even if some banks agree to give blood, they quote a large amount, and we don’t have enough money.
In the end, my brother lost his child.
“” My only demand is that blood must be available throughout the country to everyone in Re 1, blood banks must be present at each The corner and corner of the country, but most importantly, people must advance to donate blood.
Reports say more than 10 lakh people need It’s blood every day but only 2 lakh gets easy access.
Because blood cannot be produced in the lab, only a donation that can help the score of people who suffer from cancer, thalassemia, among others, “he said.
Shiva will conclude the journey in Delhi through Jammu and Kashmir, which he said tend to take 2-3 months away.
In Ranchi, Heart volunteers Saver, clothing that works in this field, has arranged to stay for one day and food.
His journey after annoying it in his office.