Govt promotes blood donation amid Covid-19 lockdown, issues guidelines
After
partial relief in lockdown at select places, the government
is now looking at promoting blood donation, especially for Thalassemic and
Hemophilic patients.
In a letter to state blood transfusion
councils (SBTC), the National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) promoted
voluntary blood donation programmes
across the country. In the letter, it noted that due to the national lockdown from March 25, there was limited
movement of Blood Mobile and Transportation vans, and blood donations.
The Ministry of Home
Affairs has issued a communication to the chief secretaries, administrators,
Cmmissioner of Police of all the states to facilitate the movement of blood
mobile/ transportation vans and blood donors.
In a letter to all the state health ministers,
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan termed that availability of
blood in blood banks as
'essential'. "We are cognizant of the situation that due to restrictions,
it may not be possible to organize blood donation camps. However, at the
same time, it is necessary to ensure sufficient availability of blood,
especially for people needing regular blood transfusion on account of blood
disorders such as Thalassemia, Sickle Cell Anemia and Hemophilia etc," he
wrote.
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