The district unit of the Odisha Mo Paribar organised a blood donation camp under the leadership of Mahakalpada MLA Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak on Tuesday at the Maa Tarini College under Jai Chandrapur gram panchayat.
There is scarcity of B +ve, A+ve and AB+ve blood in the district. It is due to the lockdown when the donors and people preferred to stay indoors that the donation drives were largely impacted.While 20 units of blood is necessary per day to meet the demand ofthalassemia, pregnant woman, anaemia, and cancer patients of thedistrict, the blood bank functioning in the district headquartershospital (DHH) is facing blood scarcity to meet the daily need. In themonth of May, only 30 units of blood were collected, whereas 600 units of blood were required per month to cater to the needs of different patients.
The district has about 120 thalassemia patients, who used to depend on the blood bank of DHH for frequent transfusion. Besides, blood is needed for critical surgeries and for accident victims’ treatment.
On Tuesday, the donors were screened before giving blood andadequate measures were taken to ensure that full sanitisation and hygiene is maintained at the location of blood donation camp.