Coronavirus: State faces shortage of blood, Red Cross Society to collect blood from healthy donors
Bengaluru: The Indian Red Cross Society has instructed that blood units should be collected from healthy blood donors by taking appropriate precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection.
The Karnataka Red Cross Society collects more than 3,500 units monthly, and distributes over five thousand units to blood banks in the state, government and non-government hospitals in Bengaluru for the patients of anemia, pregnant women, thalassemia, dialysis, cancer, emergency surgery and others. Blood donations have almost stopped owing to the total lockdown in the country, resulting in an acute shortage of blood supply in the state.
There is no alternative to blood. It is only possible from blood donors to meet this blood requirement. Thus blood collection of more than 3,500 units per month is inevitable. Currently, the Karnataka Red Cross Blood Bank, the State Branch of the Indian Red Cross, has only 50 units of blood in the Bengaluru Blood Bank, which has increased pressure on it. Every day there is a demand of more than a hundred blood units. Blood donors must voluntarily come forward for blood donation, Red Cross Society appealed.
Donors who want to volunteer can visit Red Cross Blood Bank, Karnataka No. 26, Red Cross Bhavan, 1st Floor, Racecourse Road, Bengaluru-001 from 9 am to 6 pm. Those who donate blood will be given a pass in the wake of the lockdown. For further details, call on to 9035068435, 9902859859, and 9980537678; a release from Red Cross Society urged.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
