This story is from April 1, 2020

Vadodara blood donors get free rides

To ensure there is no shortage of blood in the city and that hospitals receive stable supply of blood, the Vadodara district administration on Tuesday launched a unique initiative.
Vadodara blood donors get free rides
The vehicles to ferry the blood donors
VADODARA: To ensure there is no shortage of blood in the city and that hospitals receive stable supply of blood, the Vadodara district administration on Tuesday launched a unique initiative.
All the six blood banks in the city have been provided two vehicles each so that they reach to the doorsteps of the donors, take them to the banks, collect their blood and drop them back at their homes.

“We have assigned two wards each to every blood bank. The blood banks already have a list of donors with them. Two donors can be picked up and dropped using one vehicle,” said Vadodara district collector Shalini Agrawal, who flagged off the vehicles on Tuesday.
She said such a system had become a necessity to ensure continuous supply of blood to the hospitals. The blood banks are not being able to organize mass donation camps because of COVID-19 scare coupled with 21-day lockdown.
“The blood banks in turn will coordinate with SSG Hospital and GMERS Gotri Hospital to ensure that there is no shortage of blood,” she said.
As a futuristic step, Indian Red Cross Society will also put up a link on its website through which people can register their names as donors.
“This link will be provided within the next couple of days so that there is a proper database in place and everybody can contribute in their own way towards betterment of society,” she said.
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