Pick-and-drop facility for blood donors in Karnal
Tribune News Service
Karnal, April 1
To overcome the shortage of blood units in the Regional Blood Transfusion Centre (RBTC) at the Civil Hospital, the Health Department has started the pick-and-drop facility for volunteers who want to donate blood. The Red Cross Society is assisting the department in this initiative. The shortage of the blood units arose after the cancellation of six blood donation camps due to lockdown. All the six camps were scheduled in March.
The district blood bank has 200-225 units of blood, but now it has almost half at 107 units comprising 5 units of A+, 1 unit of A-, 47 units of B+, 3 units of B-, 36 units of O+, 6 units of O-, 8 units of AB+ and 1 units of AB-.
The situation is alarming as about 15-17 units are required for patients on a daily basis. “In the coming days, we will not able to hold blood donation camps so we have approached volunteers and NGOs to start a pick-and-drop facility for voluntarily donors. Initially, we received a poor response, but now 10-12 persons are coming forward to donate blood,” said Dr Sanjay Verma, Regional Blood Transfusion Officer.
