Chitwan, Feb 6: Global blood donor and blood donation advocate Arjun Prasad Mainali has donated blood for the 206th time.
At a special blood donation programme under blood donation related campaign organised by Blood Donors’ Society of Nepal on Sunday, Mainali volunteered to donate blood for the 206th time at the Province Blood Transfusion Centre, Bharatpur. Mainali said, he has been continuously donating blood since 1987.
He shared that he has donated blood for 134 times and platelets for 72 times at different countries of the world.
Mainali mentioned, “I have donated blood for 206 times in 20 countries of six continents of the world. The blood which I have donated so far will help to save the lives of 618 people.”
He was inspired for blood donation after reading a story ‘The Blood Donor’ of Jo Thomas while studying in certificate level in Kathmandu in 1986.
Hailing from Sipali of Kavrepalanchowk district, 56-year-old Mainali had started donating blood at the age of 19 and has already donated blood for a record 206th time. Associated with different organisations related to blood donation, Mainali is currently living in America.
He runs blood donation related awareness programme in different countries of the world.
