17th June 2016 03:02:53 Hours
6 Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) troops organized a blood donation campaign under the supervision of Brigadier Anura Sudasinghe, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 57 Division at Harmony Center, Kilinochchi with the collaboration of the Blood Bank, District Hospital Kilinochchi on Tuesday (14).
A total of 148 Army personnel including 10 officers and 138 other ranks participated in the meritorious programme and they donated 130 pints of blood to the District Hospital Blood Bank.
Brigadier Anura Sudasinghe, GOC, 57 Division, Colonel Azad Izaden, Commander, 572 Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Sujeewa Perera, Commanding Officer, 6 SLSR, Dr Nadeesha Pattiarachchi, Medical Officer, Blood Bank at District Hospital Kilinochchi, military personnel and hospital staff attended the event.