World Blood Donor Day 2021: Urgent need for comprehensive regulation for safety: Chetan Makam, Terumo Penpol

World Blood Donor Day 2021: Urgent need for comprehensive regulation for safety: Chetan Makam, Terumo Penpol

Chetan Makam, MD, Terumo Penpol and Vice President, Global Services of Terumo BCT. World Blood Donor Day 2021: A comprehensive regulatory system for blood management has not received priority in the country, thereby failing to address many systemic issues including maternal casualties. Having worked for over 25 years in the medical device/blood and cell, healthcare … Read more

No blood bank in 63 districts of India: Govt data

No blood bank in 63 districts of India: Govt data

India at present has 3321 licensed blood banks that collected 1.27 crore blood units in 2019-20. The Union government on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that 63 districts in India did not have a blood bank as per reports received till September 2020. States whose districts faced the blood bank crisis are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, … Read more