145 cops donate blood in Amritsar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 24

The Covid-19 scare has adversly hit blood banks, which are facing a shortage of blood due to non-availability of donors in the city. The local police, along with a private organisation, organised a blood donation camp at a private hospital here on Friday.

One hundred and forty-five units of blood were collected by the Global Peace and Transformation organisation. Senior police officials, including DCP (Law and order) Jagmohan Singh, DCP (Investigation) Mukhwinder Singh Bhullar, ACP (Detective) Palwinder Singh, ACP Sushil Kumar, who is also Nodal Officer appointed by the local police for Covid-19, were among the donors.

The entire collection was deposited with the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital blood bank later on. Police Commissioner Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill said the men in uniform were fighting Covid upfront and came forward to donate blood in these hours of crisis. He said the police force was prepared for any eventuality.

Bhullar said they had come to know about the shortage of blood in hospitals. He said we talk with doctors about this and decided to donate blood while keeping social distancing. He said as per doctors the virus did not travel through blood to the donors to the patient.

With curfew restrictions are on for past one month, the blood donors are not reaching the GNDH or other private blood banks for donating blood. Though the general demand of blood has also come down due to reduced number of road mishaps and selective surgeries but the hospitals still have to take care of those who are suffering from blood disorders, thalassemia, cancer patients, trauma patients and those women who requires blood transfusion following birth of a child.