District Red Crescent Society, Hyderabad, Chairman Dr Muhammad Farooque Memon, and Fatimid Foundation Chief Operating Officer Dr Waleed bin Azhar signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations.
Under the agreement, the District Red Crescent Hyderabad has to provide building, situated adjacent to Dialdas Club, whereas Fatimid Foundation will have to establish and operate a blood bank, thalassaemia and haematological centre for a period of 30 years, commencing from March 6, 2007.
The agreement further said that this centre would be under the name of Hilal-e-Ahmer-Fatimid Foundation Blood Bank, Thalassaemia and Hematological Service Centre. Fatimid Foundation will ensure that operation of the facility as aforesaid starts within three months of the execution of agreement.
Talking on the occasion, DCO Hyderabad Muhammad Hussain Syed, who is also the President of RCS Hyderabad, said that Zila Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil would inaugurate the Centre within shortest possible time.
He said the district government was giving top priority to health services to the people and the agreement between both charitable organisations would not only benefit the people of Hyderabad district but also to the people of interior Sindh. He said the use of unscreened blood for patients was the major cause of increasing Hepatitis B, C and A diseases and HIV virus, but this Centre would bring down such chances in future.
He said that a recently held meeting of Executive Committee, District Hilal-e-Ahmer Hyderabad, had decided unanimously that the organisation's building situated at Miran Muhammad road would not be used on commercial basis rather it would be spared for charitable purpose.