Kolkata, Oct. 24 -- The West Bengal Voluntary Blood Donors' Society has written to the Joint Director (Blood Safety) of the state Health and Family Welfare Department, seeking an inquiry into alleged administrative obstruction at a blood donation camp in Ballygunge on October 20.
In a letter, the society's general secretary, Kabi Ghosh, said a camp organised by the CPI(M)'s Ballygunge-1 Area Committee to address a blood shortage and support victims of the Chorbagan stampede was disrupted following the intervention of Beniapukur police station.
The society claimed that a blood collection bus had arrived at the venue and 50 to 60 donors were waiting to donate blood. However, after the bus was sent back, only two people could donate, it alle...