‘Golden blood’ cops wish to donate regularly
LUCKNOW: The sudden discovery that a rare blood group runs in their veins has given a new meaning to the life of two young constables of Uttar Pradesh Police.
Vikesh Chaudhary, 24, and Happy Farswal, 25, got the opportunity to donate blood for the first time during the lockdown to save two different lives in Baghpat and Lucknow.
Realising that they have O negative blood group, which is the universal blood donor but can receive only O negative blood, both now want to save as many lives as possible. Incidentally, both are from same 2016 batch UP police constables and both are associated UP-112 (state police integrated emergency response centre. Chaudhary is posted in Lucknow while Farswal is in Gautam Buddh Nagar.
When approached, the constables said they donated the blood for the first time ever but now have decided that they will keep donating it at regular intervals to save lives. The two families, who closed ones’ lives were saved with the two constables’ blood, are in regular touch with them over phone and keep giving them blessings.
While sharing his experience, Chaudhary said he felt bad after coming to know that a two-day old child was battling for life due to unavailability of O negative blood at Vivekanand hospital in Lucknow on May 18.
“I came to know through a WhatsApp group that doctors are in urgent need of O negative blood to save the child’s life and immediately decided to rush to the hospital to donate blood. The child was suffering from jaundice and timely blood availability saved his life,” he said and added, “The feeling of saving the child’s life has motivated me so much that I am going to donate blood regularly”.
Chaudhary said that the doctors later informed him that O negative blood donors are found in less than 8 percent of human population and people with this blood group, who have some specific quality are known as life savers for babies in medical world because it is the safest blood for transfusions for immune deficient newborns.. Happy Farswal saved the life of a youngster who met with a road accident in Baghpat on April 10. He he too came to know about the blood requirement through social media .