Shabir Hussain, 51, a universal donor, has saved more than one hundred lives by donating his blood – 156 times over the last 37 years – prompting doctors to call him ‘the man with the golden arm’.
Shabir, however, is miffed with the Health Department for not providing facilities to blood donors in times of emergencies.
From Downtown Srinagar, this papier-mâché artist began donating blood when he was 28-years-old. As time passed, more donors joined him: he now leads 2100 volunteers across Kashmir who are available during emergencies for blood donation. His last donation was at LD hospital last week where he broke his own record of blood donations.
Javeed Iqbal Khan, in-charge blood donation camp, said, “Shabir has broken several fears among people regarding blood donation and has motivated hundreds of people to donate blood. More and more people are donating blood because of him.”
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