The Punjab Government on Wednesday decided to roll back increase in the rate of blood units keeping in the view of public interest.
“The decision was taken in meeting with the senior officials of the state Health and Family Welfare Department today. Earlier Rs500 was fixed per unit of blood for patients admitted in government hospitals and Rs1450 was fixed for patients of private hospitals. But keeping in demand of blood in hospitals, these rates have been revised again and now Rs300 has been fixed per unit blood of patients in government hospitals and Rs750 for private hospitals,” said the StateHealth Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani.