Blood Donation Part-1: Who Needs it?

Who Needs Blood?

Every year our nation requires about 4 Crore units of blood, out of which only a meager 40 Lakh units of blood are available.

• The gift of blood is the gift of life. There is no substitute for human blood.
• Every two seconds someone needs blood.
• More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.
• A total of 30 million blood components are transfused each year.
• The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints.
• The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.
• Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives.
• More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.
• A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood

Facts about the blood supply

Blood cannot be manufactured – it can only come from generous donors.

Type O-negative blood (red cells) can be transfused to patients of all blood types. It is always in great demand and often in short supply.

Type AB-positive plasma can be transfused to patients of all other blood types. AB plasma is also usually in short supply.

Blood Donation Camp coming up 

Venue: Amakine-Burhaniyah, Gottigere, Bangalore-83

Date:    22nd September 2013

Day:      Sunday

Time:    8am to 1pm

*Courtesy: Huzaifa Attarwala