Awareness about voluntary blood donation stressed

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Awareness about voluntary blood donation stressed

Dow University of Health Sciences organized a Seminar on Transfusion Medicine Update at its Arag auditorium of Dow Medical College. The aim of the Seminar was to discussed blood transfusion and its related problems in Pakistan and to mobilize the voluntary blood donation. It was attended by professors, senior faculty members, doctors, para-medical staff as well as students.

Prof. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor, DUHS sharing his view on the occasion said that realizing the need of blood and its component, Dow University established Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad Institute of Blood Diseases at Ojha Campus. Beside this, Dow University has now initiated a sustainable learning platform for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training with service delivery in blood transfusion and transplantation sciences. The aim of establishing is to mobilize voluntary blood donation and within perspective quality assured, safe, efficacious blood and blood components supply services to all the patients is need have been initiated.

He further said that donating blood in not only helping the ailing humanity but on the other hand it prevents the person from various other diseases like HIV, Hepatitis B and C etc. He said that University is working hard to mobilize voluntary blood donor in order to cater the demand of the blood. He also requested the students to become promoters of Voluntary blood donating and join hands for making blood transfusion safer.

Dr. Tahir Shamsi, Professor of Haematology, Consultant Haematologist, NIBD &BMT speaking on Blood Component Therapy said that Blood transfusion has become very safe during the last two decades. Globally 92 million blood donations are made annually, 50% donations are made in high income countries housing only 15% world population. 36.4/ 1000 people donated blood in high income countries, 11.6/1000 people donated blood in middle income countries and 2.8/1000 people donated blood in low income countries. 31% blood collected is separated into components in low income countries compare to 91% in high income countries. WHO recommends that all donated blood must be screened for HCV, HBV, HIV, Syphillis and Malaria.

He stressed that collection of 100% blood from non-paid voluntary donors and employment of properly trained staff in blood bank will further help in minimizing the adverse events associated with blood transfusion therapy.

Dr. Zahid Hasan Ansari, Provincial Program Manager, Sindh blood transfusion program said that Keeping in view all that situation, Sindh Government took an appreciating step to regulate this simple and ordinary medical practice to strict discipline and enacted a statute called  ‘Sindh Transfusion of Safe Blood Act 1997”. The function of the authority is adopt and develop a uniform policy covering all aspects of Safe Blood Transfusion, Register and issue licenses to blood banks in the prescribed manner, Ensure bio-safety measures according to  World Health Organization’s guidelines and Monitor the working of the blood bank and carry out periodical inspection.

Dr. Zainab Mukhtar speaking on Adverse Transfusion Reactions and Its Management said that Transfusion Reaction is a unfavorable transfusion-related event occurring in a patient during or after transfusion of blood components.

Other who spoke on the occasion includes, Prof. Dr. Akber Agha, Dr. Asrhaf Memon.

 

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