Mangalore, Jan 23: Superintendent of Police Dr. A. Subrahmanyeshwar Rao not only inaugurated the blood donation camp organized as part of the Physio Week 2011 by the South Kanara Physiotherapy Teachers’Association, but also donated blood for the 23rd time in his life on Jan 22, Saturday. This was the 1000th unit of blood collected by the organizers during the past 11 years.
Rao’s presence indicated that he had made all arrangements to maintain peace and law and order on the day of the bundh called for by the BJP.
He also said that, although allopathic medicine has added years to the life of an individual, physiotherapy has made life easier. The blood donated by him and 99 other people on the occasion will save someone’s life, he added.