Revellers do a good turn

Lucknow: While people visit Lucknow Mahotsava with their friends and families for a fun spree indulging in street shopping and noshing around, there are some who took time out and invested for donating blood. With a van set up by KGMU at Lucknow Mahatsava, people have come forward and participated for the noble cause.
An engineer by profession, Ehteshaam Rahman who visited Mahotsava with his friends donated blood and motivated his friends to do the same."Looking at Ehtesham's zeal for the cause, all three of us decided to donate blood," said Dikshant, a marketing professional.
Ladies too are enthusiastically participating, "We never thought we would donate blood at Mahotsava but when we saw it, we decided to go ahead. Though I was a little apprehensive that I would experience nausea or weakness, I only felt great about it," shared Rituja, a homemaker from the city.
Dr Abhishek from KGMU agreed there was a great response. "Though half the blood samples were rejected for sugar level or toxins in the blood, we managed to get 10-12 units of blood on each day," he said.