New Delhi/Ghaziabad: Dr Arvind Dogra is not just any other doctor who basks in the success of adding that magical two-alphabet prefix to his name. Dr Dogra, working as a Physician at Harsh ENT Hospital, Rajnagar, Ghaziabad, is literally serving people with his blood having donated more than 100 pints of blood so far in order to save lives of hundreds of needy patients.
On the occasion of World Blood Donors Day 2023, Dr Dogra is seeking to bust the myths around blood donation. Usually, youth shy away from donating blood over a perception that donating blood brings weakness in the body and increases the risk of diseases. But Dr. Arvind Dogra is a source of inspiration for thousands of people to donate blood.
Dr Dogra has saved hundreds of precious lives by donating blood more than 100 times so far. In a special conversation with ETV Bharat, Dr. Dogra said that he was inspired to donate blood during his medical studies way back in 1988. Dr Dogra said that donating blood over the years has made him realize that blood donation indeed saves precious lives.
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Like his extraordinary feat of donating over 100 pints of blood, Dr. Dogra's blood group happens to be A negative, which is considered to be a rare blood group. Dr Dogra said that in the nineties he was offering his services in a private hospital in Ghaziabad when he felt the need of a blood bank at a private hospital.
“During that time there was no blood bank in the private hospital. In such a situation, when a critical patient was admitted in the hospital, arranging blood was a big challenge,” Dr Dogra recalled. In such a situation, by donating blood many times, the staff of the hospital were also motivated to donate blood, he said.
Dr. Dogra says that he has donated blood 114 times. He has donated his blood for his family members three times. Dr Dogra has made it an order to donate blood every 3 months to ensure on his part a steady supply of blood for those in need. World Blood Donor Day 2023 is being observed with the theme 'Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often.'
