In a bid to
sensitize people to voluntary blood donation and generate awareness among them,
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, as a part of the State Government’s
initiative, flagged off five mobile blood donation vans at Janata Bhawan in
Guwahati.
It may be noted
that in the year 2022-23, Assam State Blood Transfusion Council with aid
received from the State Government and National Health Mission, Assam purchased
five mobile blood donation vans for Rs 4.43 crore.
Of this, Rs 2.07
crore was given by the State Government and the remaining Rs 2.27 crore was
received from NHM. One each of these vans will be deployed at Kokrajhar Medical
College and Hospital, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, SM Deb Civil
Hospital at Chachar, Mangaldoi Civil Hospital in Darrang district, and
Sivasagar Civil Hospital in Sivasagar district.
These vans will be
pressed into service in far-flung areas to sensitize people to voluntary blood
donations and reach the target of 100 per cent voluntary blood donations.
Speaking on the
occasion, CM Himanta said the State Government in the year 2019-20 bought 11
mobile blood donation vans. With the addition of these five vans, the scale of
voluntary blood donations will be increased.
Besides, it will help
poor patients to receive required blood during an emergency. All the voluntary
blood donation vans put together have been able to accumulate 10,886 units of
blood during the Covid pandemic.
The CM said in the
current financial year, another five mobile vans will be bought and pressed
into service. All the district civil hospitals and Medical Colleges will be
provided with the service of mobile voluntary blood donation vans.
Health and Family
Welfare Minister Keshab Mahanta, PHE, Tourism etc Minister Jayanta Malla
Baruah, Principal Secretary to Health and Family Welfare Department Avinash
Joshi, and a few senior officers and host of other dignitaries were present on
the occasion.
ANI
