Blood Donation Requirements

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday hailed a policeman for donating blood to a 14-year-old patient requiring open heart surgery at a city hospital where no other suitable donor could reach due to cyclone Nisarga and the COVID-19 outbreak.

India today faces a shortage of 10% relative to its blood requirements. In absolute terms, this means that we require to cover a shortfall of over 12 lakh units. Given that the eligible donor population of India is more than 512 million, this deficit is surprising. This World Blood Donor Day let's understand this.

Canada on Monday loosened requirements for gay men who want to donate blood, reducing the compulsory period of sexual abstinence from five years to one year.

In a relief for a senior citizen suffering from a disorder requiring frequent blood transfusions, the Station House Officer (SHO) of her area and several other Delhi Police officers today donated blood for her as she was unable to find any volunteer donors.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday hailed a policeman for donating blood to a 14-year-old patient requiring open heart surgery at a city hospital where no other suitable donor could reach due to cyclone Nisarga and the COVID-19 outbreak.

India today faces a shortage of 10% relative to its blood requirements. In absolute terms, this means that we require to cover a shortfall of over 12 lakh units. Given that the eligible donor population of India is more than 512 million, this deficit is surprising. This World Blood Donor Day let's understand this.

Canada on Monday loosened requirements for gay men who want to donate blood, reducing the compulsory period of sexual abstinence from five years to one year.

In a relief for a senior citizen suffering from a disorder requiring frequent blood transfusions, the Station House Officer (SHO) of her area and several other Delhi Police officers today donated blood for her as she was unable to find any volunteer donors.