Tata Group has played a vital role in the area of healthcare and education. Interestingly, every Tata Group of company has a blood donation centre inside the premises, which includes Tata Steel and Tata Motors etc. Jharkhand State has a blood bank, which is operated by Tata Steel in association with Red Cross Society. Tata Motors has recorded the highest amount of blood donation for decades and the city has witnessed donors for generation after generation.
As per the Jamshedpur Blood Bank records, there are 37 centurions in Jamshedpur (Jharkhand). Out of these 37 Centurions, 18 centurions blood donors are from Tata Motors Jamshedpur. The company has received several recognition across the county and State for its tremendous contribution towards blood donation. Like Best Corporate Award from Jamshedpur blood bank & Red Cross Society, volunteer blood donors association, Jharkhand State aids control society in the area of blood donation.
It managed to collect around six thousand three hundred and seventy four units of blood, which makes it the leading blood donating organisation in Jamshedpur, and the leading blood donating organisation in the State.
With a blood bank inside the Tata Motors premises in Jamshedpur, the employees are not only given the day off for donating a bottle of blood, but can also avail an extra leave within 7 days of donating their blood. During an interview with Ratan Tata when pointed out that people take undue advantage of this policy and the company loses several man hours due to this, he smiled and answered calmly,” Encouragement is something I do not need to teach you. Only a few people donate blood because they want to.
Talking about man-hours, we may be losing some man hours doing that, but have you ever thought of the number of man-hours that gets added to the person’s life who receives that blood in necessity? I am ready to sacrifice some of our man-hours for the better good of humanity.”
On World Blood Donors Day Tata Motors Jamshedpur is organising its blood donation camp on June 14.
