In view of the acute shortage of blood in all the blood banks of the state, the student wing of BJP, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has decided to that its members would donate blood in all the hospitals of the state.
As part of the campaign, the ABVP activists voluntarily donated blood at the blood bank of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital on Monday. A total of 18 units of blood was collected by the blood bank of the biggest hospital of the state on the day.
Due to lock-down enforced in the state contain the infection of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the collection of blood in all the blood banks of the state has got hampered. The president of the state unit of ABVP, Kaushal Kumar said that ABBP members would donate blood in all districts and the organisation is ready for any kind of help . He said that ABVP is helping people during this tough time when the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the country. Member of ABVP national executive, Vikram Pharswan said ABVP has donated 60 units of blood in different hospitals of the state in last two days.
It is pertinent to mention here that due to the lock-down, the blood banks are not able to organise donation camps and the voluntary donors are not reaching out due to the restrictions. In all the blood banks the daily collection of blood has reduced to more than half. Apart from operations, blood is in high demand in the GDMC hospital as large number of Thalassaemia patients are administered blood in the hospital.
These patients are needed to be administered blood at regular intervals to save their lives. The hospital authorities have already issued an appeal to the people to come forward for voluntary donations. It has released phone numbers 0135-2719809 and 7818828263 to assist those who want to donate blood.