Write an article on "COMMON MYTH : PLAGUING A BLOOD DONORS MIND"
Points to include:
List 5 myths that hold them back from being a blood donor.
5 facts that you should know to donate blood.
Ask views of few elders who have donated blood earlier and note down their experience.
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On National Voluntary Blood Donation Day 2018, we rebuke common myths surrounding blood donation in India. Read on!
Donating blood is an act of remarkable selflessness, because nobody can compel you to make a gift of blood. This is not an act of giving, unlike giving to charity (in some cases), that is surrounded by peer pressure or political or socio-cultural regulation.
Those who give blood donate it from pure altruism. They do it because they are in a position to donate, healthwise, and because they want to respond to a need for blood and blood products like plasma and platelets.
Victims of illnesses like Thalassemia, blood cancer, hemophilia, as well as those who need trauma care, need blood transfusions.
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In 2016, 10.9 units of blood were donated in India and distributed across its 2760 blood banks, private and public, but over a million units of shortfall remained despite so many people coming forward to give blood in cities and villages alike.
The deficit in India’s blood requirement is for these reasons:
They are too busy to donate.
They have a clinical fear of needles (aichmophobia) that prevent them from donating.
They have religious reasons to not donate blood.
Most importantly, people believe in myths about blood donation (just as they believe in organ donation myths) and health that keep them from donating blood.
On National Voluntary Blood Donation Day 2018, we look at some of the common myths surrounding blood donation.