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BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines recommend that every country should plan for its annual emergency blood reserve to meet the blood requirements of at least one percent of its total population. What it translates into the fact that for India with a total population of about 1.3 billion, should have an annual reserve of 13 million blood units. PROBLEM The latest data (2015-2016) from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, suggests a collection of about 10.9 million blood units per year. This clearly shows a yearly deficit of 1.2 million blood units. CURRENT SCENARIO Family members of patients (Seekers) have tough time in finding donors for emergency blood needs. Blood Banks have scarcity of blood units. They sell/give blood units in cases of emergencies but they ask seekers to find a replacement of blood units. Seekers would send out WhatsApp/Facebook messages to reach out to potential donors. It works b...
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