Organise camps, register donors: DPH to dist deputy directors
On World Blood Donor Day, the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine instructed the deputy director of health services in all districts to create awareness on voluntary blood donation.
The campaign slogan for this year was ‘Donating Blood is on act of Solidarity. Join the efforts and save lives’.
The camps were aimed at creating awareness about the need for regular non-remunerated blood donations to ensure availability of safe blood. The specific objectives of this year’s campaign was to thank voluntary blood donors, create public awareness on annual blood donation, recognise values of voluntary unpaid donation and who build a sustainable and resilient national blood system
“The deputy director of health services must conduct registration of willing donors along with optimal blood collection, pledge-taking ceremony at district level and at all blocks.
Registration of blood donors is to be done at all Primary Health Centres (PHC),” said the DPH.
According to public health department sources, the district health officers should organise ‘Know Your Blood Group’ campaign at all PHCs and at district levels. They should also organise separate camps for testing blood group for all health and local body personnel, all government staff and public.
The reagents should be arranged using existing Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC) drug passbook. A blood group report must be given to the concerned person. A report on the campaign along with the photographs of the event should be sent to DPH.