Lok Sabha Question No. 1041 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: Blood Banks
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1041 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH FEBRUARY, 2019

## BLOOD BANKS

## 1041. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has a centralized blood banking system in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) if not, whether the Government proposes to introduce a centralized blood banking system similar to the ' Hub and Spoke' model;
- (c) whether it is fact that nearly 2% of all blood donors have some kind of infection in this country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  total  number  of  Blood  banks in  the  country,  State - wise  and  the  steps taken  by  the Government to promote the concept of 'Repeat Regular Blood Donor (RRBD)?

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

- (a) & (b): Health being a State subject the Government of India does not have a central blood banking system in the country. However, Metro Blood Bank Project of the Ministry Health and Family Welfare is an example of a 'Hub and spoke' model.
- (c) : All blood units are mandatorily screened for five transfusion transmitted infections the  sero - reactivity  among  blood  donors  for  each  of  these,  as  per  data  collected  in  Str Information Management System of National AIDS Control Programme, is as follows:
1. HIV: 0.13%
2. Hepatitis B: 0.89%
3. Hepatitis C: 0.29%
4. Malaria: 0.07%
5. Syphilis: 0.18%
- (d) : State/UT - wise details of number of Government and Private blood banks functioning in the  country  at  present,  as  per  information  obtained  from  Central  Drugs Standards  Control Organization, is given in Annexure.

As per National Blood Policy, efforts are directed towards recruitment and retent Voluntary  non  remunerated  blood  donors.    Government  has  taken  concerted  steps  toward developing  an  effective  co mmunication  strategy  using  multimedia  approach,  including  social media  for  promotion  of  voluntary  blood  donation  especially  among  the  healthy  youth workforce. National and State level events 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 over five million blood donors.

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

## Annexure

## Number of licensed blood bank in India State / UT wise up to Dec- 2018 submitted by Central Drugs Standards Control Organization

| 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       | 34                                   | 135                                             |     169 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh    | 09                                   | 01                                              |      10 |
| 4      | Assam                | 39                                   | 32                                              |      71 |
| 5      | Bihar                | 35                                   | 45                                              |      80 |
| 6      | Chandigarh           | 03                                   | 01                                              |      04 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh         | 31                                   | 51                                              |      82 |
| 8      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -                                    | 01                                              |      01 |
| 9      | Daman & Diu          | 02                                   | 00                                              |      02 |
| 10     | NCT of Delhi         | 22                                   | 38                                              |      60 |
| 11     | Goa                  | 03                                   | 03                                              |      06 |
| 12     | Gujarat              | 28                                   | 125                                             |     153 |
| 13     | Haryana              | 26                                   | 79                                              |     105 |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh     | 19                                   | 03                                              |      22 |
| 15     | Jammu & Kashmir      | 30                                   | 05                                              |      35 |
| 16     | Jharkhand            | 28                                   | 23                                              |      51 |
| 17     | Karnataka            | 42                                   | 174                                             |     216 |
| 18     | Kerala               | 41                                   | 128                                             |     169 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep          | 01                                   | 00                                              |      01 |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh       | 61                                   | 92                                              |     153 |
| 21     | Maharashtra          | 76                                   | 257                                             |     333 |
| 22     | Manipur              | 04                                   | 01                                              |      05 |
| 23     | Meghalaya            | 05                                   | 02                                              |      07 |
| 24     | Mizoram              | 09                                   | 02                                              |      11 |
| 25     | Nagaland             | 05                                   | -                                               |      05 |
| 26     | Odisha               | 63                                   | 20                                              |      83 |
| 27     | Pondicherry          | 05                                   | 13                                              |      18 |
| 28     | Punjab               | 51                                   | 65                                              |     116 |
| 29     | Rajasthan            | 61                                   | 80                                              |     141 |
| 30     | Sikkim               | 02                                   | 01                                              |      03 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu           | 99                                   | 194                                             |     293 |
| 32     | Telangana            | 30                                   | 150                                             |     180 |
| 33     | Tripura              | 11                                   | 02                                              |      13 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh        | 105                                  | 222                                             |     327 |
| 35     | Uttarkhand           | 23                                   | 16                                              |      39 |
| 36     | West Bengal          | 96                                   | 45                                              |     141 |
|        | Total                | 1101                                 | 2007                                            |    3108 |