1.1 Answer the following questions briefly:
a. Why did the Supreme Court order a review of blood transfusion services?
b. Why is the voluntary donation system not successful in India?
c. Why are patients forced to approach paid donors?
d. What lesson can we learn from Zimbabwe and South Africa?
e. What does an effective voluntary blood donation programme depend upon?
Answers
Answer:
a)Blood transfusion services are a vital part of the national health delivery system. The responsibility for ensuring a continuous supply of blood rests with health administrators, who need to galvanize entire communities towards regular and non-remunerated blood donation.
b)SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Opinion: Government Must Mainstream 'Voluntary Blood Donations' To Bridge Shortfall The Central and State governments must continuously create awareness about voluntary blood donations and apheresis donations and organize massive scientific awareness campaigns. Baby PS ((Guest Author)) India | 22 March 2021 / Updated : 22 March 2021 7:35 PM Creatives : Abhishek M India faces the largest shortage of blood in the world.
c)Three years ago he found out that his kidneys had begun to shut down. Now, most days the 56-year-old spends hours hooked up to a dialysis machine that removes excess fluid and waste building up inside him.
Although doctors refer to dialysis as "kidney replacement therapy", it is a stopgap at best. The machine does only 15% of the job of a normal kidney. "What's going on with the other 85% [kidney functions] I'm not getting?" Oates asks, sitting in a medical recliner at a clinic near Washington DC. "Every day that I'm on dialysis my body is getting less healthy."