16 June, 2017

India needs 38,000 blood donations everyday

Medical science might have progressed in leaps and bounds, but sadly bloodhasn't been manufactured yet. And might never be. On World Blood Donor Day, June 14, Dr Meghna Shah, Dean, The Other Song, shares facts and clears myths that surround blood donation...

Blood is every body's lifeline, a red liquid that keeps us alive. Statistics peg that our country requires 4 crore units of blood, while only 40 lakh units are actually available. More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day in order to balance the deficit. The shelf-life of donated blood is 35 to 42 days, And there is a constant need for healthy donors are between the age of 18 to 65, but healthy donors are not contributing as they should.

In India, yearly we see an average of 234 million major operations, 63 million trauma-induced surgeries, 31 million cancer-related procedures and 10 million pregnancy related complications which require blood transfusions, apart from sickle cell anaemia, thalassemia and haemophilia that require repeated blood transfusions.

FREQUENCY OF BLOOD TYPES

·         O+ 1 person in 3

·         O- 1 person in 15

·         A+ 1 person in 3

·         A- 1 person in 16

·         B+ 1 person in 12

·         B- 1 person in 67

·         AB+ 1 person in 29

·         AB- 1 person in 167

Source: www.timesofindia.com

16.06.2017

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