CME: Blood Banking

The Rotary International Global Hospital Blood Bank at the GHTC organised a district-level continuing medical education (CME) programme on the Rational use of blood & blood components on December 19. About 140 people from Rajasthan and Gujarat participated in this event sponsored by the Blood Safety Division of the Rajasthan State Aids Control Society (RSACS). Dr Nirmala, director, Gyan Sarovar Academy for a Better World, is seen addressing the audience at the inaugural ceremony of the event (see right).

A big thanks to the faculty: Dr Rajesh Sawant, director, Rajkot Voluntary Blood Bank; Dr Monica Gupta, professor in pathology & head, Laboratory Services & AD Gorwala Blood Bank, P S Medical College & Shree Krishna Hospital, Karamsad; Dr Yogini Patel, joint director, Blood Safety, Maharashtra State Aids Control Society; Manish Chaudhari, donor consultant, RSACS; Dr Amit Sharma, incharge, Blood Bank, Laboratory & ANC Lab, Janana Hospital & assistant professor, SMS Medical College, Jaipur; Dr Divyesh Goswami, pathologist, Global Hospital; and Dr Anita Jaiswal, blood bank officer, GHTC.

Inauguration of Rotary International Global Hospital Blood Bank

Thanks to the Rotary International of Abu Road for sponsoring the establishment of the first phase of a blood bank at the Radha Mohan Mehrotra Global Hospital Trauma Centre. The first phase of the blood bank was inaugurated on 1 October in the presence of well-wishers whose involvement helped convert this project into reality. These included Dr Jay Prakash Vyas, District Governor, R.I. District 3050; Dr Harshad Udeshi, Past District Governor, R.I. District 3050; Prakash Kisan, Past President Black Mountain Rotary Club, USA and Ms Carol King, District Governor (via internet) and Dr Debasish Gupta, Programme Officer for Blood Safety, NACO.

The most significant aspect of this Blood Bank is that like the Global Hospital Blood Bank in Mount Abu, it will only accept blood from volunteer donors who donate blood for no profit or gain. Many of these volunteers are individuals from the Lions’ Club, Rotary Club, Shiv Sena, Mahavir International, hospital staff and dedicated brothers of Brahma Kumaris Gyan Sarovar and Pandav Bhawan complexes.

Now that the first phase (covering about 20 lakh rupees) is complete, the hospital will focus on the second phase which aims to generate blood components like RBCs, plasma platelets etc separately to cater to the specific needs of individual patients.