To curb black marketing of blood the State government's health department has decided to put online, details of the availability of blood.AP AIDS Control Society (APSacs) website will have the information on blood availability of various blood banks in the State updated every day.
APSacs director Ashok Kumar said, "We have started the exercise of giving information on the website www.apsacs.org."
He said, "Initially we started with Hyderabad where the blood bank has to update the information of various blood groups avalable. Blood from rare groups is sold at high prices in the black market and the website this will help to prevent that" Commercial blood banks are collecting high price for the rare blood groups ranging above Rs 1,000 per a blood bag. As per the Drug Control Administration rules they have to display the rate card in the reception area of blood banks.
Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Vishakapatnam blood banks are updating the blood availability details. Initially only a few blood banks are sending the information to APSacs.
"Even doctors can plan operations as per the availability of the blood banks in their areas by seeing the blood status in the web site. We will see that all the blood banks mandatory take up this," said Mr Ashok Kumar.
Meanwhile, State Blood Transfusion Council that met on Monday evening has set up a sub committee to frame the guidelines for granting and renewing the licenses to the blood banks in the State.
Mr Ashok Kumar said, "New guidelines are being framed for blood banks. We are discussing details like which type of hospitals should have an attached blood bank."
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