PUNE: Areas in the Pune Metropolitan Region are facing an acute shortage of blood, with only 40% collection taking place compared to the average demand.
The stringent restrictions announced on Friday are going to cause even further problems, observed blood banks. The ban on assembly of people will create obstacles in blood collection. The blood banks and organisers have demanded that big blood donation camps be exempted from restrictions and have appealed to people to donate blood before getting vaccinated.
As per the data of the district administration, nearly 800 to 1,000 bags of blood are required every day, but hardly 200 to 400 are being collected.
“Planned surgeries are being carried out in most big hospitals. They require blood in bulk,” said Atul Kulkarni, director, Janakalyan Blood bank. “Many regular donors either have tested positive or received vaccination. This has adversely impacted overall blood collection,” said a senior official.