Lok Sabha Question No. 4805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Blood Banks
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PRATIMA MONDAL, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, SUBHASH CHANDRA BAHERIA, RAJESH PANDEY, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 4805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd MARCH, 2018

## BLOOD BANKS

## 4805. SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI SUBHASH CHANDRA BAHERIA:

SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the annual requirement and collection of blood in the country along with the details of Government and private blood banks functioning at present, State/ UT - wis ;

- (b) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for setting up of blood banks on priority basis in each district particularly in rural, remote and border areas of the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (c)  whether  the  complaints  regarding wastage  of  blood  in  blood  banks particularly  in hospitals have been reported and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to streamline blood col lection as well as storage and ensure optimum utilisation of collected blood by blood banks in the country; and
- (e)  the  other  measures  being  taken  by the  Government  to  increase  blood  donors i the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): The  details  of  annual  requirement  and  blood  collection  along  with  details Government and private blood banks are given in Annexure I and II.
- (b): All  distric ts  of  the  country  barring  74  have  at  least  one  licensed  Blood  Ban Government has provided support for set up of blood banks in 68 districts of the c predominantly to cater to the patients in the rural hinterland. State/ UT wise details inAnnexure III.
- (c) & (d): No such complaints have come to notice of the Government.

However to streamline blood collection as well as storage and optimum utilizatio digital platform E Rakt Kosh has been set up to network licensed blood banks of the State and display availability  of stocks of blood and blood components in public domain. transfer of blood and blood components between blood banks has been permitted to av shortages and excesses. 32 Blood Mobile Buses and over 250 Blood Transporta tion Vans re functional across the country to facilitate collection and transportation of blood in Blood Storage Centres are set up in First referral units to make blood available close to the community.

(e): Government has taken co ncerted steps towards an effective communication strategy using  multimedia  approach,  including  social  media  for  promotion  of  voluntary  blo donation especially among the healthy youth and workforce. National and State level e are observed on 14 th June (World Blood Donor Day) and 1 st October (National Voluntary Blood  Donation  Day).  Government  supports  conduction  of  over  60000  Voluntary  Blood Donation Camps each year and provision of refreshments and tokens of appreciation to five million blood don ors.

Other measures include felicitation of blood donors and donor organizations as a of appreciation and conduction of nation - wide blood drives and campaigns with the support of non Governmental Organizations. An enabling provision of four special c asual leaves each year  provides  encouragement  to  Central  Government  employees  to  enrol  as  regular  blo donors.

State / UT wise details of annual requirement of blood vis - à- vis blood collection in India

| S.No              | Name of State        | Blood Requirement (as per WHO 1% norm* )   | Total Blood Collection India ( 2016 - 2017 SIMS data)   |
|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh       | 846655                                     | 459852                                                  |
| 2                 | Telangana            | 351940                                     | 395723                                                  |
| 3                 | Arunachal Pradesh    | 13826                                      | 5355                                                    |
| 4                 | Assam                | 311693                                     | 220000                                                  |
| 5                 | Bihar                | 1167257                                    | 182242                                                  |
| 6                 | Chandigarh           | 10547                                      | 84955                                                   |
| 7                 | Chhattisgarh         | 255402                                     | 163756                                                  |
| 8                 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 3429                                       | 8286                                                    |
| 9                 | Delhi                | 186869                                     | 546990                                                  |
| 10                | Daman & Diu          | 2429                                       | 1735                                                    |
| 11                | Gujarat              | 603836                                     | 798997                                                  |
| 12                | Haryana              | 253531                                     | 270860                                                  |
| 13                | Himachal Pradesh     | 71232                                      | 38540                                                   |
| 14                | J&K                  | 125489                                     | 63011                                                   |
| 15                | Jharkhand            | 329662                                     | 164625                                                  |
| 16                | Karnataka            | 611307                                     | 960049                                                  |
| 17                | Kerala               | 333877                                     | 386686                                                  |
| 18                | Madhya Pradesh       | 725976                                     | 454310                                                  |
| 19                | Maharashtra          | 1213621                                    | 1460050                                                 |
| 20                | Manipur              | 27218                                      | 22602                                                   |
| 21                | Meghalaya            | 29640                                      | 14262                                                   |
| 22                | Mizoram              | 10910                                      | 23593                                                   |
| 23                | Nagaland             | 19806                                      | 10713                                                   |
| 24                | Odisha               | 419474                                     | 401958                                                  |
| 25                | Puducherry           | 12445                                      | 21591                                                   |
| 26                | Punjab               | 277041                                     | 383198                                                  |
| 27                | Rajasthan            | 747916                                     | 582255                                                  |
| 28                | Sikkim               | 6077                                       | 5618                                                    |
| 29                | Tamil Nadu           | 778815                                     | 885820                                                  |
| 30                | Tripura              | 36710                                      | 28708                                                   |
| 31                | Uttar Pradesh        | 2238974                                    | 862059                                                  |
| 32                | Uttarakhand          | 101168                                     | 115520                                                  |
| 33                | West Bengal          | 913477                                     | 1049619                                                 |
| 34                | Goa                  | 14577                                      | 18403                                                   |
| 35                | A&N                  | 3799                                       | 2204                                                    |
| 36                | Lakshadweep          | 644                                        | 0                                                       |
| 13057269 11094145 | 13057269 11094145    | 13057269 11094145                          | 13057269 11094145                                       |

State/UT wise details of Government and Private licensed Blood Banks

| S.NO   | NAME OF STATE        | Public including Govt. Blood Banks   | Private including charitable trust Blood Bank   |   TOTAL |
|--------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1.     | Andaman & Nicobar    | 02                                   | 01                                              |      03 |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh       | 32                                   | 118                                             |     150 |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh    | 09                                   | 01                                              |      10 |
| 4      | Assam                | 38                                   | 30                                              |      68 |
| 5      | Bihar                | 35                                   | 41                                              |      76 |
| 6      | Chandigarh           | 03                                   | 01                                              |      04 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh         | 27                                   | 40                                              |      67 |
| 8      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -                                    | 01                                              |      01 |
| 9      | Daman & Diu          | 01                                   | 01                                              |      02 |
| 10     | NCT of Delhi         | 23                                   | 46                                              |      69 |
| 11.    | Goa                  | 03                                   | 04                                              |      07 |
| 12     | Gujarat              | 28                                   | 117                                             |     145 |
| 13     | Haryana              | 26                                   | 64                                              |      90 |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh     | 19                                   | 03                                              |      22 |
| 15     | Jammu & Kashmir      | 25                                   | 04                                              |      29 |
| 16     | Jharkhand            | 27                                   | 22                                              |      49 |
| 17     | Karnataka            | 40                                   | 160                                             |     200 |
| 18     | Kerala               | 41                                   | 127                                             |     168 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep          | 01                                   | 00                                              |      01 |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh       | 54                                   | 90                                              |     144 |
| 21     | Maharashtra          | 74                                   | 254                                             |     328 |
| 22     | Manipur              | 04                                   | 01                                              |      05 |
| 23     | Meghalaya            | 05                                   | 02                                              |      07 |
| 24     | Mizoram              | 08                                   | 02                                              |      10 |
| 25     | Nagaland             | 05                                   | -                                               |      05 |
| 26     | Odisha               | 63                                   | 20                                              |      83 |
| 27     | Pondicherry          | 05                                   | 12                                              |      17 |
| 28     | Punjab               | 49                                   | 57                                              |     106 |
| 29     | Rajasthan            | 52                                   | 63                                              |     115 |
| 30     | Sikkim               | 02                                   | 01                                              |      03 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu           | 98                                   | 193                                             |     291 |
| 32     | Telangana            | 27                                   | 134                                             |     161 |
| 33     | Tripura              | 10                                   | 02                                              |      12 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh        | 104                                  | 190                                             |     294 |
| 35     | Uttarkhand           | 21                                   | 12                                              |      33 |
| 36     | West Bengal          | 82                                   | 46                                              |     128 |
|        | Total                | 1043                                 | 1860                                            |    2903 |

Note: Data is as per information collected by CDSCO in June 2016

## State/UT wise details of set up of Blood Banks in Districts without Blood Banks

| S No   | Name of State/U T    |   No of Distric ts withou t Blood Banks |   No of Districts for set up supporte d under NHM | Names of Districts without Blood Banks                                                                                                       |
|--------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andama n and Nicobar |                                       2 |                                                 1 | North and Middle Andaman and Nicobar                                                                                                         |
| 2      | Arunach al Pradesh   |                                      10 |                                                 7 | West Kameng, East Kameng, Kra - daadi, Kurung Kumey, Siang, Namsai, Debang Valley, Anjaw, Longing                                            |
| 3      | Assam                |                                      12 |                                                 5 | Kamrup East, Kamrup South, Kamrup Rural, Baksa, Udalguri, Chirang, Bishwanath, Manchachar and Salmara, Charaideo, Hojai, West Karbi Anglong, |
| 4      | Bihar                |                                       5 |                                                 5 | Arwal, Araria, Supoul, Banka, Sheohar                                                                                                        |
| 5      | Chhattis garh        |                                       4 |                                                14 | Balod, Gariaband, Kondagaon, Balrampur                                                                                                       |
| 6      | Himacha l Pradesh    |                                       1 |                                                 0 | Lahaul Spiti                                                                                                                                 |
| 7      | Jammu and Kashmir    |                                       5 |                                                 3 | Bandipora, Ganderbal, Shopian, Samba, Reasi                                                                                                  |
| 8      | Jharkhan d           |                                       6 |                                                 2 | Ramgarh, Khunti, Saraikela,Jamtara, Godda,                                                                                                   |
| 9      | Madhya Pradesh       |                                       1 |                                                 2 | Agar Malwa                                                                                                                                   |
| 10     | Maharas htra         |                                       0 |                                                 1 |                                                                                                                                              |
| 11     | Manipur              |                                       4 |                                                 2 | Senapati, Ukhrul, Chandel, Tamenglong                                                                                                        |
| 12     | Meghala ya           |                                       6 |                                                 3 | South West Khasi Hills, East Jaintia Hills, Hills, South West Garo Hills, North Garo Hills, Garo Hills                                       |
| 13     | Nagalan d            |                                       3 |                                                 2 | Peren, Kiphire, Longlen                                                                                                                      |
| 14     | Sikkim               |                                       2 |                                                 1 | North Sikkim, West Sikkim                                                                                                                    |
| 15     | Uttar Pradesh        |                                       0 |                                                 4 |                                                                                                                                              |
| 16     | Uttarakh and         |                                       3 |                                                 3 | Rudraprayag, Bageshwar,Champavat                                                                                                             |
| 17     | Telangan a           |                                      10 |                                                13 | Nagarkurnool, Jogulamba, Malkajgiri, Komaram Bheem, Nizamabad, Rajanna Silsilla, Warangal Mahabubabad , Jayashankar, Yadadri                 |
|        | Total                |                                      74 |                                                68 |                                                                                                                                              |