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Quantum Voluntary Blood Donation Program awarded by Ministry of Health and World Health Organization

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Celebrating World Blood Donor’s Day (14 th June) on July 23, 2019, the notable voluntary blood donation organizations were awarded. Ministry of Health of Government of Bangladesh and World Health Organization arranged this program in Dr. Milon Auditorium of Dhaka Medical College . On behalf of Quantum Voluntary Blood Donation Program , Director Coordination of Quantum Foundation Mrs. Suraiya Rahman received the honorarium crest. Other than Quantum, ten organizations including Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, BADHON, SHANDHANI and Police Blood Bank were awarded. Besides, ten blood donors who have donated the highest number of blood from these institutions were awarded crest and certificates as well. On behalf of blood donors, a speech was given by Masud Iqbal who has donated blood for one hundred and four times. He said, “I have been donating blood since 1984. Still, I am shaken till date by the pathetic sight of people suffering in need of blood. Thus, I will dona...

Humanitarian acts like blood donation ignite hope among us- Kabir Bin Anwar, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources

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Honorable secretary of Ministry of Water Resources of Government of Bangladesh Kabir Bin Anwar was present as the chief guest in the 149 th Hundred Lifelong Blood Donors Felicitation Program organized by Quantum Foundation on October 20, 2019. It took place in Quantum Meditation Hall, kakrail, Dhaka. Ninety donors, who have voluntarily donated blood at least three times, were awarded honorarium certificate, ID card and crest in the ceremony.   The chief guest said, “Our nation had always cherished a serving mentality and still does. We can be proud as a nation. In today’s world, when someone dies in the West, it is often difficult to find even one person to cry over the deceased. In some cases, people are available on rent who would come and cry in the funeral ceremony. Often children find out about their parent’s death after a long time passes by. The familial bond has weakened in the West. Children have to make an appointment to meet their parents there. Par...

Blood camp at Bangladesh Development Bank Limited on Victory Day

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On December 17, 2019 a day-long blood camp was organized by Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) at the seminar hall of its head office on the eve of Victory Day. The bank’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kazi Alamgir inaugurated the event. Twenty-one officials of the institution donated blood in the camp. It is to be noted that, thirty bags of blood were collected from the blood camp organized in the same venue with overall cooperation by Quantum Voluntary Blood Donation Program on 6 th November last year.

Quantum has become a place of confidence for common people now- Professor Dr. Motiur Rahman Molla

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“I have seen the growth of Quantum Voluntary Blood Donation Program from the very beginning. A notable portion of the total requirement of blood in our country is now being fulfilled by Quantum Lab . They perform the required screening tests quite well here. In fact, this is why I refer my patients to Quantum Lab whenever needed. Considering the standard of quality, Quantum has become a place of confidence for common people.” Above is the excerpt from the keynote by chief guest Professor Dr. Motiur Rahman Molla, senior consultant and coordinator of Department of Maxillofacial Surgery of Apollo Hospital , in the Hundred Lifelong Blood Donor Felicitation Program organized by Quantum Foundation on December 29, 2019. The 153 rd episode of such felicitation program was arranged in Quantum Meditation Hall in Kakrail, Dhaka. Eighty-eight lifelong blood donors, who have donated blood for at least three times, were awarded honorarium certificate, ID card and crest in the ceremo...

The 121st Felicitation Program for Lifetime Voluntary Blood Donors

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Prof. Dr. Mohiuddin Ahmed Bhuiyan Head of Department of Department of Pharmacy, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka The 121 st felicitation program for lifetime voluntary blood donors was organized by Quantum Foundation on January 24, 2016 at Quantum Meditation Hall, Kakrail, where the honorable chief guest was Prof. Dr. Mohiuddin Ahmed Bhuiyan - the Head of the Department of Pharmacy, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka. During his speech he said, ‘I feel really proud and glad today to say that I could be a part of such a great program. I’m connected to Quantum Foundation for a long time. There’s an Active Social Awareness Club in the pharmacy department of Asia pacific University; where the regular blood donation program is an essential part of the club for the coordinator, teachers and the student, taking place in every semester of every year. I’ve been working with Quantum Foundation regarding this for the last four years. There co-relation with the donors ...

Blood Donation Keeps a Person Alive

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Prof. Md. Hamidul Haque Director General of National Academy for Education Management (NAEM) The 122 nd felicitation program for lifetime voluntary blood donors was organized by Quantum Foundation on 27 th March 2016, where the honorable chief guest was Prof. Md. Hamidul Haque- the Director General of National Academy for Education Management (NAEM). When talking about the blood donors, in his speech, he said, ‘We all know that the beating of heart, the movement of body, hormone transmission- everything is done through blood. Blood is the sole medium for the communication within the cells in our body. And this act of selflessness, of donating our blood, or any part of our body, can never measured in price. Everyone of you, who managed to save others’ lives through blood donation, who kept others’ heart beating; I would like to bade them my utmost respect and salaam. No one can actually explain the value of the single unit of blood that you donated, other than t...

All You Need is a Big Heart to do Good for Others

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Dr. Mala Khan Senior Scientific Officer Project Director and Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Dr. Mala Khan , the project director and scientific officer of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, joined us in the 123 rd felicitation program of lifetime voluntary blood donors as the chief guest of the ceremony that took place on April 10, 2016, organized by the Quantum Voluntary Blood Donation Program. She is the Founder Project Director of a completely new and specialized institute, ‘Designated Reference Institute for Chemical Measurement’ of the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. In her speech, Dr. Mala Khan said, ‘I thought I did a lot for this country, before I came to this program. A feeling of self satisfaction was built within me after working for 16-17 years for the laboratory, administration and science, but today I feel like bowing down in front of you people. I d...