Blood donation is yet to pick up pace in Kozhikode district
The Hindu
Awareness campaigns planned to persuade healthy persons to be donors
Blood donation is yet to pick up pace in major government hospitals in Kozhikode district and awareness campaigns are being planned to persuade healthy persons to donate blood.
According to senior government doctors, blood donation is yet to reach the pre-pandemic levels. Because of the COVID-19 protocol, there are restrictions on large-scale outreach camps. Both the Government Medical College Hospital and the Government Hospital for Women and Children in Kozhikode have not been holding such events these days. Instances of individuals coming on their own to donate blood are also becoming rare.
M.K. Sribiju, president of the Kerala Blood Donors Forum, said that there was some reluctance on the part of people. Though COVID-19-related doubts are preventing many from donating blood, Dr. Sribiju said that infected persons can do it if they test negative in an RT-PCR test after two weeks.
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