The union health ministry is planning a nationwide database of blood donors connected through a web-enabled system. ”Blood donation services require a complete revamp. We are planning a national database of blood donors connected through email and social media,” Health Secretary P.K. Pradhan said. ”We want more volunteers for effective resource management and constantly engagement with the community in the database,” Pradhan added.
Already functional in Odisha, e-blood bank service is a web-enabled system for electronic monitoring of blood collection, testing, storage and final use or disposal. The system functions through bar-coding of blood bags to ensure blood collected first is used first in 100 per cent cases. ”An online database of regular donors needs to be maintained. Donors listed in the database will get SMS reminders and encouragement notes so that their interest is maintained,” he said, adding “a similar system could work for organ donation”.
The health ministry is roping in volunteers from the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS). While voluntary blood donation camps organized by schools, colleges and civil society have popularised blood donation among people, a proper collection and transfusion service is needed, the official said. According to official statistics, the percentage of annual voluntary blood donors per year is around 50 percent, way less than the World Health Organisation’s target of 100 percent collection through voluntary non-remunerated donors. A similar initiative has been started by the Indian Blood Banks Society which will help people find blood donors online. During an emergency this could come in really handy, as it will help narrow down the search by including parameters like blood group and location.
Source: IANS
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i’m happy to see this especially with the increase demand of blood, in the country at least this will help.
the challenge is the number of Tanzanian who have uniform access of internet though currently phones are helping, if we have connection with the popular pages like facebook, jamii forum will real help.
we can also form groups in this networks that will be aiding in spreading the information, spearheading the information, no cost actually reminding pipo i hope for better in this
It is a great initiative. students should be involved more in such projects. We run a blood donation cum awareness society in the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. We are planning a similar network of societies and coming up with a website.