SNM volunteers clean up STNM Hospital

GANGTOK, 15 Mar: The Sant Nirankari Mission [SNM] of Gangtok undertook a cleanliness drive at the Sir Thutob Namgyal Memorial [STNM] Hospital today.
“Actually, we wanted to carry out this Safai Abhiyan on 23 February as it would have concided with the birthday of Nirankari Baba Hardev Singh, but we could not get permission in time due to certain reasons,” informed Sewa Dal Volunteer Member, Sanjay Kesari, while speaking to NOW! today.
Such safai abhiyans have already been completed at the South District Hospital at Namchi, he informed, while adding that this was an annual feature of the organization to mark Nirankari Baba Hardev Singh’s birthday. Their engagements also include tree plantation drives and blood donation camps all over the State.
The Safai Abhiyan here was carried out by around 60 SNM volunteers.
Meanwhile, the Media PRO of SNM, Ajay Kesari informed that on 19 April, SNM will be holding a Blood Donation Camp at the STNM Hospital, where more than 250 blood donors [all SNM members] from all over Sikkim will be donating blood.
“The SNM members of Sikkim have been donating blood for the last 10 years like our branches all over the country and we have also been awarded the Highest Blood Donors Award by the World Health Organization [WHO] which we have been winning for the last three years continuously,” he further added.
Later on, the SNM members also distributed fruits to all the patients admitted in the STNM Hospital. Also present for the safai abhiyan was the president, Gangtok Branch, Sikkim Zone, Meena Chettri.