Workshop on voluntary blood donation organised
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 29 2022:
Voluntary blood donation not
only save lives but also benefit the
donors, Health Services additional
director Dr L Tomcha Khuman has
stated.
Manipur State AIDS Control Society
(MACS), Imphal organised a oneday
workshop on voluntary blood
donation at its conference hall on
Saturday.
Speaking on the topic of 'Blood
donor motivation', Dr L Tomcha
Khuman explained that anyone between
the age of 18 and 65 years can
donate blood, subject to the condition
of their health.
One kilogram of the
body weight of a healthy male equals
to 76 ml of blood, while that of a
female equals to 66ml.Both genders
require at least 50 ml of blood while
doing normal work, which indicates
that both can donate at least 8ml of
blood per 1kg of their body weight.
In addition, an 18-year old person
weighing at least 45 kg can donate
blood.
One unit of blood is equal
to 350ml, which is the amount a
45-year-old can donate, he elaborated.
Dr L Tomcha then said that a potential
donor must have ample rest
before donating blood and avoid
consuming alcohol or engage in
strenuous work prior to the donation
day.
A healthy male can donate
blood once every 3 months, while a
healthy female can donate once every
4 months.
After donation, one must
drink lot of water, and should avoid
alcohol and hard work.
Although the
liquid blood donated will be replenished
within 2 days and the cellular
components in 21 days, the donor can
donate blood only after 3-4 months
so as to benefit both the donor and
the recipient.
Furthermore, donors must first
undergo counselling and detailed
medical examination including tests
for HIV, Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C,
Malaria and Syphilis, as per the directive
of the Supreme Court.
The
tested blood will then be stored at
the Blood Bank and can be kept for
35 days using citrate phosphate dextrose
adenine (CPDA-1).At present,
the components in the blood (RBC,
Platelets, Plasma and Cryoprecipitate)
are stored separately to lengthen
the storage time.
In Manipur, there
are 5 blood banks, of which 4 are in
government hospitals (JNIMS, RIMS,
Thoubal and Churachandpur District
Hospitals) and 1 private (Shija Hospital).
Among these, JNIMS, RIMS
and Shija are able to store the blood
components separately, he conveyed.
He continued: "Among the components,
RBC, which is used in treatment
of surgical, anaemia, trauma,
cancer and during delivery, can be
stored for 42 days; platelets, used in
leukaemia, cancer and bone marrow
deficiency, for 5 days; plasma, used
in liver disease, warfarin treatment
and coagulopathy, for 1 year; cryoprecipitate,
used in haemophilia and
Von Willebrand disease, for 1 year.
Direct treatment with the components
is more effective than direct
transfusion of blood.
"Meanwhile, a person who underwent
abortion can donate blood
after 6 months; a person who underwent
blood transfusion can donate
after 12 months; 12 and 6 months
after any major and minor operation
respectively; 12 months after recovery
from typhoid; 3 months after
recovery from malaria; 6 months
after getting any tattoo; 12 months
after giving birth; two weeks after
getting Covid-19 vaccine; 1 week
after getting vaccine for Cholera,
Typhoid, Tetanus and Hepatitis; 1
year after getting Rabies vaccine; 12
months after recovery from jaundice;
2 months after recovery from
measles, chicken pox and mumps; 1
week after recovery and treatment
of influenza; and 6 months after recovery
from Dengue.
As medical
science advances, the need for blood
continues to grow".
Pointing out the low blood donation
rate of the state, Dr Tomcha
appealed to the people to donate
their blood voluntarily and help save
precious lives.
Additionally, donors
not only benefit from taking free tests
on the side and knowing their blood
type, but also the donation of blood
helps in reducing viscosity, regulate
the iron levels, lower the calories and
cholesterol, prevent cancer, and increase
the anti-oxidants.
However, it
must be noted that not all the donated
blood are used for transfusion purposes,
owing to donors not getting
tested prior to donation or having
recently donated blood.
As part of the workshop, State
Blood Council director Dr S Ibungochouba
Singh spoke on the topic
of "Introduction on Blood Safety
program in Manipur'; JNIMS blood
Bank MO-in charge Dr K Surjit on
"Function of Blood Bank", and RIMS
Department of Transfusion Medicine
head Prof A Barindro Sharma on "Safe
Blood donation" as resource persons.
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