Lok Sabha Question No. 1776 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Blood Platelets Donation Facilities
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1776 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH NOVEMBER, 2016

## BLOOD PLATELETS DONA TION FACILITIES

## 1776. SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  hospitals  equipped with  blood  platelet  donation  facilities  in the  country, State/UT - wise; and
- (b)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the Government  to  provide  this  facility  in each district  of  the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a)  &  (b) Government  of  India  supports  the  Blood  Transfusion  Services  through  network comprising of Blood Banks, Blood Com ponent Separation Units and Blood Storage Centers to enable access of safe blood & blood components for needy patients .

Government of India supports establishment and running of such facilities based on the proposals by the State/UT - Government in cogniz ance   with National Blood Policy.

Details of facilities equipped with platelet donation (Aphaeresis) / platelet recove donated  whole  blood  (Blood  Component  Separation  Unit)  are  provided  in  the  Annexure State/UT - wise.

*Details of blood platelet donation facilities - State and Union Territory wise

| S.No   | State/Union Territory   |   Blood Component Separation Units |   Aphaeresis facilities |
|--------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1      | A&N Islands             |                                  1 |                       0 |
| 2      | Andhra Pd.              |                                 61 |                      21 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pd.           |                                  0 |                       0 |
| 4      | Assam                   |                                 10 |                       2 |
| 5      | Bihar                   |                                 13 |                       1 |
| 6      | Chandigarh              |                                  3 |                       3 |
| 7      | Chhatisgarh             |                                 25 |                       3 |
| 8      | Delhi                   |                                 66 |                      65 |
| 9      | D & N Haveli            |                                  0 |                       0 |
| 10     | Daman & Diu             |                                  1 |                       0 |
| 11     | Goa                     |                                  1 |                       0 |
| 12     | Gujarat                 |                                 60 |                      28 |
| 13     | Haryana                 |                                 35 |                      27 |
| 14     | Himachal Pd.            |                                  3 |                       0 |
| 15     | J & K                   |                                  4 |                       3 |
| 16     | Jharkhand               |                                  4 |                       1 |
| 17     | Karnataka               |                                121 |                      37 |
| 18     | Kerala                  |                                 78 |                       5 |
| 19     | L'dweep                 |                                  1 |                       0 |
| 20     | Madhya Pd.              |                                 27 |                      12 |
| 21     | Maharashtra             |                                252 |                     124 |
| 22     | Manipur                 |                                  2 |                       1 |
| 23     | Meghalaya               |                                  2 |                       0 |
| 24     | Mizoram                 |                                  2 |                       0 |
| 25     | Nagaland                |                                  1 |                       0 |
| 26     | Orissa                  |                                 14 |                       3 |
| 27     | Pondicherry             |                                  2 |                       1 |
| 28     | Punjab                  |                                 48 |                      43 |
| 29     | Rajasthan               |                                 14 |                      22 |
| 30     | Sikkim                  |                                  1 |                       0 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu              |                                108 |                      21 |
| 32     | Telangana               |                                 73 |                      45 |
| 33     | Tripura                 |                                  2 |                       0 |
| 34     | Uttar Pd.               |                                 75 |                      20 |
| 35     | Uttaranchal             |                                  8 |                       4 |
| 36     | West Bengal             |                                 45 |                      11 |
|        | Total                   |                               1163 |                     503 |

- Source of Data - Data collected from the review meeting of all State Blood Transfusion Council held on 29.01.2016