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Iffath Fathima 15 June 2020
Doctors at Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru who are the front line warriors against the COVID-19 war, are fighting another battle of shortage of blood. Due to the nationwide lockdown, there were no blood donation camps held in the last few months and also blood banks throughout the city are facing a severe shortage.
On 6th June, the blood bank at Victoria Hospital was left with only six bags of blood. Understanding the seriousness of the situation, the resident doctor, along with few other undergraduate and postgraduate students at the hospital, took the initiative to donate blood.
Even though the hospital did not require any blood, as it had become a designated COVID-19 hospital, but the demand from other hospitals was still very high and other blood banks were already short of blood.
As soon as the doctors were alerted, they decided to form groups and accordingly donate blood. In the last week, the blood bank of Victoria Hospital has collected approximately 35-40 pints of blood.
Dr Nandish Kumar S, from the Community Medicine Department of the hospital, said that they came to know about the shortage of blood in hospital, with just six bags left. Vani Vilas Hospital was also facing a shortage and requires blood for cases like anemia during pregnancy and for maternal and child health cases. Several other hospitals too are facing similar situation as blood donation camps were not held. Therefore, they formed groups and took lead with the donation. They are glad that the blood bank has some stock available at present.
President of the Karnataka Resident Doctors’ Association Dr Dayanand Sagar said that patients with haemophilia, thalassemia, chronic illnesses, infections like dengue or the trauma centre, require a lot of blood. As they realized of a shortage, they thought of having a blood donation camp. But they all decided against it because of the possibility of crowding and as an alternative, they donated blood themselves.
He further said that doctors on COVID-19 duty are not allowed to donate blood but after completion of their duty turn, they are also coming forward to donate blood. Almost all the resident doctors had participated and more than 20 doctors have donated blood in the last week.
Source: The New Indian Express
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