J&K woman doctor awarded for donating blood 53 times
Kiran Sharma, a woman doctor in Jammu and Kashmir, has been awarded by the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology (ISBTI) for donating blood 53 times in three decades. ISBTI is an organisation formed a year after the 1971 India-Pakistan war, to motivate voluntary blood donation. Sharma said she felt inner solace all 53 times she donated blood.