Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Blood Donation

Every year India requires about 4 Crore units of blood, out of which only a meager 40 Lakh units of blood are available. Every two seconds someone needs blood. More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day. If just 1% of people donate blood regularly, there will be no blood shortage. Human Body just takes 24 hours to generate the equivalent amount of blood which one donates.(Source: friends2support)

  • A donor is asked to fill a form with specific questions about his/her medical history to make sure that donating blood is not hazardous to his/her health.
  • A healthy person can donate 1 unit (~300ml) of blood every 3-4 months.
  • Donors are advised to stay at the donation site for 10-15 minutes after donating.
  • Donors are advised to avoid the following after donation.
    • No driving or traveling till half an hour of donation.
    • No weightlifting or workout at least for a day.
    • Avoid any kind of physical stress for 24 hours at least.


Blood Group
Can donate blood to
Can receive blood from
AB+
AB+
Any group
AB-
AB-, AB+
AB-, A-, B-,O-
A+
A+,AB+
A+,A-,O+,O-
A-
A-,A+,AB-,AB+
A-,O-
B+
B+,AB+
B+,B-,O+,O-
B-
B-,B+,AB-,AB+
B-,O-
O+
O+,A+,B+,AB+
O+,O-
O-
Any Group
O-


friends2support gives you more information on blood donation. You can search for list of donors on their website.


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