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Over 150 people donate blood, help replenish bank at CMCH

Coimbatore: More than 150 people donated blood at the blood donation camp organized by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in association with Rotary Club of Meridian at IMA Hall in the city on Saturday.
Collector G S Sameeran inaugurated the event.“As it is not advisable to donate blood immediately after taking Covid-19 inoculation, we have been advising people to donate blood a few days before taking vaccine.
The collected blood would be handed over to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital’s (CMCH) blood bank,” IMA honorary secretary A K Ravikumar said.
“As a token of appreciation, donors will be issued tokens to get Covid jab.
A vaccination camp will be organized shortly after discussing with the health department.”The blood bank at CMCH has more than 1,500 units of blood and components, said district blood transfusion officer A Mangayarkarasi.
“We don’t have any shortage.
But, as the government relaxes the lockdown norms and once the hospital resumes surgeries, there might be a raise in demand for blood.
To avoid such situations, we have decided to gradually improve stock by conducting camps.”“Presently, only delivery and emergency operations are performed in CMCH and during the normal period, we would require more than 2,000 units of blood per month.
According to government norms, a person can donate blood only after 14 days of taking jab.
We don’t take blood from people who recovered from Covid-19,” Mangayarkarasi added.

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