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Imphal, July 23 2013: Noting that there are many blood donors in the State although Supreme Court has banned sale and purchase of blood, Head of RIMS Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion (IHBT) Department Dr Meinya has cautioned all the people to be wary of these professional blood donors.
These blood traders have been creating a notion that blood should be purchased.
At the same time, RIMS IHBT Department has been facing a major problem trying to identify the blood traders.
Speaking to , Dr Meinya said that the Supreme Court banned sale/purchase of blood from January 1998 .
But whenever a doctor recommends a patient for blood transfusion, blood traders accost patient parties offering blood for sale.
Certain amount is charged in the name of service charge whenever a patient seeks blood from blood banks.
The same amount is charged in accordance with an order issued by the State Blood Transfusion Council.
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Services charges fixed by the State Blood Transfusion Council for Government hospitals are Rs 350 for one unit of whole blood, Rs 200 each for one unit of fresh frozen plasma and one unit of platelet concentrate, Rs 100 for unit of cryoprecipitate and Rs 200 for platelet rich plasma.
If the patients are undergoing treatment in private hospitals, services charges are Rs 850 for unit of red blood/packed red cells, Rs 400 each for fresh frozen plasma, platelet concentrate and platelet rich plasma, and Rs 200 for cryoprecipitate.
These service charges are just nominal compared to the amount required for testing the blood units for HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, malaria, syphilis etc and processing for storage in blood banks, Dr Meinya said.
These services charges are exempted for patients suffering from dialysis, thalassaemia major, sickle cell anaemia, haemophilia etc.
For patients whose replacement donors are not available, no service charge is levied.
For other patients seeking blood from blood banks, patient parties should bring replacement donors and they would be levied service charges.
But very often, blood professional blood donors come to blood banks posing as voluntary replacement donors.
For giving/selling one unit of blood, blood traders take Rs 4000/5000 from patient parties in addition to the service charge.
Saying that the sale and purchase of blood from blood traders has the potential to project blood banks in wrong light, Dr Meinya appealed too all the people to be cautious of blood professional blood donors.
via NorthEast Calling - NorthEast India | India's No1 online News Magazine http://necalling.com/professional-blood-donors-doctor-rings-warning-bell/
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