Lok Sabha Question No. 4585 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Blood Bank Infrastructure
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Bharti Pravin Pawar

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4585 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH MARCH, 2020

## BLOOD BANK INFRASTRU CTURE

## 4585. DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR:

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

- (a) whether blood bank infrastructure is poor in the country which is causing problems in storing blood;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) t he efforts being made by the Government to formulate long term policy in this regard to ensure storing of required blood in blood banks across the country; and
- (d) the outcome of the said efforts by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b): No. Adequate infrastructure required for establishing a blood bank is laid dow Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules thereunder, compliance t o which is mandatory to obtain a license to run the Blood Bank.

There are 3321 licensed Blood Banks as on 31.12.2019 in the country as per the informa received  from  Central  Drugs  Standard  Control  Organization  (CDSCO).  There  are  1583  Blood Storage Cen ters at the level of First Referral Units in the country to store the blood receive mother blood bank as per the information received from National Health Mission (NHM). The blood banks collected 1.24 crore Blood Units in 2018 - 19. The details a re at Annexure.

No such instances have been reported regarding problems in storing blood due to inadeq infrastructure pertaining to blood banks.

- (c) & (d): Public  Health,  being  a  State  Subject,  it  is  the  primary  responsibility  of  th Governments to ensure the establishment of Blood Banks as per their need. However, suppor provided to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare system including strengthening existin banks/establishing new blood banks based on the proposals submitted by t he States through NHM and National AIDS Control Program (NACP).

It is the responsibility of every licensed blood bank to set up and maintain infrastr per Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules there under so as to ensure storage of required blood.

Additionally, all licensed blood banks are mandated to update the daily stock position blood and blood products blood groups wise in eRaktKosh portal.

Blood mobile vans and blood transportation vans are available with large blood banks to support blood collection and distribution between blood banks and blood storage centers.

## Annexure

## Number of licensed blood banks and annual blood collection

| Sl No   | State                |   Number of licensed blood banks (As on 31.12.2019) | Blood Collection in 2018-19 as per SIMS data (in Unit)   |
|---------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar    |                                                   3 | 4448                                                     |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       |                                                 180 | 603905                                                   |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                                  12 | 6051                                                     |
| 4       | Assam                |                                                  82 | 234488                                                   |
| 5       | Bihar                |                                                  84 | 222969                                                   |
| 6       | Chandigarh           |                                                   4 | 92626                                                    |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh         |                                                  90 | 226416                                                   |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                                   1 | 9247                                                     |
| 9       | Daman & Diu          |                                                   2 | 2582                                                     |
| 10      | NCT of Delhi         |                                                  71 | 411429                                                   |
| 11      | Goa                  |                                                   4 | 22752                                                    |
| 12      | Gujarat              |                                                 160 | 928575                                                   |
| 13      | Haryana              |                                                 124 | 431784                                                   |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh     |                                                  22 | 45362                                                    |
| 15      | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                                  37 | 73763                                                    |
| 16      | Jharkhand            |                                                  53 | 229518                                                   |
| 17      | Karnataka            |                                                 231 | 854484                                                   |
| 18      | Kerala               |                                                 185 | 456856                                                   |
| 19      | Lakshadweep          |                                                   1 | --                                                       |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh       |                                                 158 | 553830                                                   |
| 21      | Maharashtra          |                                                 340 | 1339424                                                  |
| 22      | Manipur              |                                                   5 | 23257                                                    |
| 23      | Meghalaya            |                                                   8 | 17033                                                    |
| 24      | Mizoram              |                                                  10 | 25552                                                    |
| 25      | Nagaland             |                                                   5 | 13318                                                    |
| 26      | Odisha               |                                                  84 | 389877                                                   |
| 27      | Pondicherry          |                                                  18 | 44579                                                    |
| 28      | Punjab               |                                                 124 | 438909                                                   |
| 29      | Rajasthan            |                                                 151 | 822418                                                   |
| 30      | Sikkim               |                                                   6 | 3789                                                     |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu           |                                                 310 | 920297                                                   |
| 32      | Telangana            |                                                 206 | 397315                                                   |
| 33      | Tripura              |                                                  13 | 27056                                                    |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh        |                                                 348 | 1279480                                                  |
| 35      | Uttarakhand          |                                                  43 | 132679                                                   |
| 36      | West Bengal          |                                                 146 | 1205897                                                  |
|         | TOTAL                |                                                3321 | 12491965                                                 |