Voluntary organisations to get 10% of collected blood within FY
In a bid to ensure the availability of safe and adequate quantity of blood, blood components and blood products to people of the State the Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare department has come up with a resolution, according to which voluntary blood donors and voluntary organisations working in the field of blood donation will now be able to get blood from government health institutions.
The resolution signed by Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Arun Kumar Singh on the order of Governor states that the government is committed to ensure the availability of safe and adequate quantity of blood, blood components and blood products and is working resolutely in this direction. The role of blood donor/voluntary blood donor organizations is important in making the efforts being made by the state government successful to promote proper use of blood and blood components.
To maintain the continuous availability of blood in the blood centers of the state and achieve the goal of 100 per cent voluntary, non-remunerative blood donation as per the guidance of NBTC the system of substitute donors is to be phased out.
To achieve the goal, through awareness programs, by listing voluntary and non-remunerative blood donors, updated information related to blood and blood components and blood donation has to be made available.
As per the decisions taken to promote the organization of blood donation camps through NGOs and to encourage blood donors towards blood donation, the donors will have the facility that if needed for their own use, within 365 days from the date of donating their digital certificate, they can get blood or blood components by following the prescribed procedure by showing their digital certificate in any government blood center.
It will be the responsibility of all the blood centers to speed up the speed of blood collection through blood donation camps by coordinating with the voluntary organizations and groups of blood donors working in their area.
The voluntary organizations or groups of blood donors will be given a maximum of 10 per cent of the blood collected by them through various blood donation camps during the last financial year, keeping in view the availability of blood from any government blood center. Can be issued by adopting the prescribed procedure on the duly request of institutions, / groups, whose validity will be till March 31 of the current financial year.
Keeping in view the availability of blood from any government blood center, up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the blood collected in the current financial year during the next financial year, the receipt of blood will be admissible on the basis of the prescribed procedure.
All civil surgeons and medical officers in-charge of blood centers are directed to ensure that the orders are implemented with immediate effect. Also, the Deputy Commissioners will review the blood centers on a quarterly period from their level and ensure compliance of the order.