Monday, 22 October 2012

Theme of the month: NATIONAL VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION DAY

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The Role of Akola DAPCU in Voluntary Blood Donation

1st October is celebrated as a Voluntary Blood Donation Day. NACO has taken this step to celebrate VBD to sensitize the society regarding voluntary Blood Donation. DAPCU is playing a major role to awake the society and trying for uninterrupted blood supply to the Blood Banks.

Akola DAPCU is also playing a major role in building up the donors through coordination with the Non-government organization, various Government department, and private firms and RRC in colleges. The major role is playing by the Blood Bank counselor with the help of DAPCU. DAPCU identify the opportunity or department and convey to the Blood Bank Counselor. Blood bank counselor takes all the efforts and personally takes the follow-up of all the activity. DAPCU motivate all the RRC in colleges to arrange the VBD camps, sensitization program on VBD and also participate in IEC activities. Blood Bank Counselor has made the directory of all the NGO’s, Voluntary blood donors, govt. organizations and RRC members who could help out in the critical situation of blood bank. DAPCU has made the network of NGO’s, Govt. departments those contributing continuously in blood donation programs.
Regional Police Training School (RPTS) is functioning in the Akola where more than 1000 trainer could get training at a time. From last 3 years DAPCU conducting a VBD sensitization program and Voluntary Blood Donation camp in this Regional center. On the 1st Oct DAPCU arrange the sensitization program and immediate on the second day morning DAPCU arrange the VBD camp with the help of District level Blood Banks. 
There is a strong coordination of DAPCU with the police department, education department, revenue department and efficient NGO’s as far as the VBD is concerned. With this intervention DAPCU could equalize the graph of demand of blood against its supply. The day will be no longer when Blood Bank will have the continuous and uninterrupted blood supply.

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