Red Ribbon Club (RRC) and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of North East Institute of Social Science and Research (NEISSR), in collaboration with the Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR) conducted a blood donation camp at Peace Centre, Chümoukedima, on February 7.
Speaking on the theme ‘Every blood donor is a hero,’ Dr. Nounechutuo Miachieo, department of transfusion medicine at CIHSR, highlighted that there is a shortfall of 13 million units of blood against the annual requirement of 26.2 million units in India. He also underscored the importance of voluntary blood donation citing that there is a demand for roughly 300 – 400 units of blood per month at CIHSR blood centre, stated an update from NEISSR.
Dr. Miachieo informed that the centre could cater to about 80 percent of the demands of which only about 20 percent of the blood comes from voluntary donation. As the chances of deferrals and wastage are high due to presence of transfusion-transmitted infectious agents (TTI) during screening, he encouraged the students to be voluntary donors to reduce unhealthy replacement.
Dr. Miachieo also clarified the queries, doubts and misconceptions of the students in relation to voluntary blood donation.
Altogether, 20 volunteers comprising students from BSW and MSW courses donated blood during the camp.
Report stated that students, teaching and non-teaching faculty of NEISSR along with the medical staff and personnel of CIHSR attended the camp.
