Friday 2 November 2012

Voluntary Blood Donation Day: Amravati

-->National Voluntary Blood Donation Day
What is the significance of voluntary blood donation and how can DAPCUs promote it?
Every day is a Voluntary blood donation day and it is very important where blood needed. The donation of blood is a donation of life. Blood is vital to human life.
Safe Blood saves lives

Against an annual requirement of 8 million units of blood, India is able to collect only 5.6 million units of which 3 million units (56%) are from voluntary blood donors while the remaining 2.6 million units (44%) from family/replacement donors.

In spite of the rapid and remarkable advancements in medical science today, no factory can manufacture blood.This is the greatest gift one can do for the mankind.Healthy individuals should be regular voluntary blood donors.A safe and sustainable supply of blood and blood products should be the aim in front of every Health System.


Voluntary Blood Donors are considered as the safest source of blood as they have low prevalence of TTIs (Transfusion Transmissible Infections) like HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Malaria and Syphilis while the family/replacement donors carry higher prevalence of TTIs.

Against an annual requirement of 8 million units of blood, India is able to collect only 5.6 million units of which 3 million units (56%) are from voluntary blood donors while the remaining 2.6 million units (44%) from family/replacement donors.

In spite of the rapid and remarkable advancements in medical science today, no factory can manufacture blood.

Role of DAPCU in the Promotion of Voluntary Blood Donation program.


DAPCU Amravati is taking initiative for starting the Blood Donation Camp in Government departments in the period of vacation in colleges like Summer Vacation and Diwali Vacation. The supply chain management of blood  collapses in this period. The details of this camp promotion are already posted on blog on 28th may 2012 in DAPCU Achievements.

The Blood Collection is huge in festival season like Ganesh-utsav and Navratri. As far as the routine blood demand and collection graph is concerned it is observed that the shortage of blood is in the period of summer and Diwali. We observed that the voluntary blood donation camps are rarely seen in this period. DAPCU Amravati started the one special activity for blood donation on  National Holidays like, Republic Day, Independence Day, Maharashtra Day, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti and other days like 9th august etc. The Impact of this activity of blood donation is that it increases and the VBD collection in these days is useful in Diwali Vacations. Maharashtra Day (1st May) VBD Collection is the biggest event in Divisional Commissioner office campus and the collection is consumed in the month of May.

In Amravati the average collection in the all blood bank is nearly about 15000 to 20000 units. As the DAPCU taken the initiative, the awareness regarding VBD is increases day by day. Now a days in Rural area DAPCU trying to organize camp and also awareness about HB in woman.


In Amravati every year “Rang De Basanti” Blood donation camp is organized. The donors  come with their spouse for blood donation. In this camp, the DAPCU could collect nearly 1000 units of blood.

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