STATISTICAL DATA :-

Presently, the Food and Drugs Control Administration is monitoring the collection, storage, distribution and transportation of the blood bank activities of all the Blood Banks and Component units situated at various parts of the Gujarat State. For this purpose, the department has been provided inspectorial staff up to District level. The District level officers used to inspect the premises of the licensed blood bank. They are being assisted by the West Zone Officers in specific cases. This department is providing active participation to encourage Voluntary Blood Donation and taking adequate measures to ensure that the Professional Donation must be strictly banned. Replacing donation or blood donation collected from the relatives is also to be discouraged in a phased manner.

As per the medical data, the transfusion medicines, the blood collected from the relatives is not considered to be stable because the blood obtained from the relative is certainly create lot of problems especially in the case of multi-transfusion patients. When there is a case of organ transplant, it is essential that the blood should only be from the voluntary donors, not only that but it should be HLMH. If the blood obtained from the relative is transmitted, it may contain Endogen and T-Lymphosite, which is likely to evoke non-hermobilic, Hdebrite Transfusion reaction. Therefore, it is essential that the attention be focused to encourage only voluntary blood donors.

Though, it is not practically possible, however, it is well and good if the donor is not changed in multi-transfusion persons. For that case, it is also necessary that there should be a cross matching of voluntary donations.

Here it should be borne in mind that the blood obtained from the relative is likely to cause Host Vs.Graft reactions. Therefore, it is essential that as far as possible the blood collections should be emphasized from Voluntary Donors only.

At present, most of the Districts in Gujarat State are covered by Blood Banks. Not only that now a days several district places are also having the facility of Component facilities. Efforts are taken to see that the remaining districts may also get the facility of component in near future.

Attempts are being taken to see that existing blood bank may not just confined only that the Whole Blood but may be converted as Component. The details and statistical figures which shows the number of Blood Banks working at the State level are given as per the list, which is giving the break up figures as per the State Government, Voluntary Blood Bank, Charitable and Private in respect of Blood Banks and Components separately. Following table show details of Blood banks.