EXTREME

2.8 million

The number of units of blood discarded by blood banks across India in the last five years as per data provided by the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO). One unit of blood is equal to 450 millilitres . The reason cited is lack of coordination between blood banks and hospitals The volume of blood wasted The number of water tankers that the volume of blood wasted could have filled India's annual shortfall of blood Districts in India that have no blood banks