All the blood donors will be given passes for smooth movement
during the lockdown.
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.
To facilitate the
donation process, he asked the Chief Ministers to appeal for blood donation
through media and adviced to maintain records of donors and information on the
status of current stocks of each blood group.
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