National Voluntary Blood Donation Day is being celebrated in India on 1st of October every year to share the need and importance of the blood in the life of an individual. It first started celebrating on 1st of October in the year 1975 through the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology. Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology were first established at 22nd of October in the year 1971 under the leadership of Mrs. K. SwaroopKrishen and Dr. J.G. Jolly.
OBJECTIVE OF NATIONAL VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION DAY
· To successfully achieve the target of Voluntary Blood Donation to fulfill the urgent need of the needy patients.
· To store the blood in stock in blood banks for any urgent and serious requirement.
· To promote and emphasize the self-esteem of blood donors through a lot of thanks.
· To motivate and encourage people who are not interested in donating blood even being a healthy person.
· To stimulate people to donate blood voluntarily who are interested in donating blood only to their relatives or friends.
Blood Transfusing or donating blood or its components to the needy person has become a very important part of humanity in the modern health care system. It does not matter who is the blood donor or blood receiver, a donor can be a receiver in the future as well as a receiver can be a healthy donor in the nearest future. So donating blood without any expectation is the great humanity and vital part in the life saving process. Do not donate blood only to your relatives or friends; donating blood voluntarily for any human being is the real humankind as it can save many lives.
In order to prevent the blood transmitting diseases through the blood transfusion, it becomes very mandatory to carefully investigate (through the advanced testing techniques like nucleic acid testing) the every unit of collected blood to prevent the life threatening diseases such as the AIDS, syphilis, Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C, malaria and many more. Blood donation should be encouraged by the voluntary blood donors only as their blood is safe instead of professional or paid blood donors. Voluntary blood donors never tell a lie and agree for advance testing of their blood as they really want to save the precious life of someone.
To make people aware of blood donation, a variety of events, awareness programmes, camps and supplementary promotional activities are organized in all states at the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day. There are various criteria for the blood donors according to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940. The age of blood donors should be between 18 – 60 years, weight 45 kg or above, pulse rate range 60 to 100/ minute, BP normal, Hb 12.5gm/100ml and body temperature should not exceed 37.5 degree centigrade.
IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION DAY
Blood is a vital component of human life as it provides the crucial nourishment to the body tissues and organs. National Voluntary Blood Donation Day is celebrated to bring great changes in the society in order to follow the life-saving measures and prevent the serious illness caused by the violence and injury, child birth related complications, road traffic accidents and many more conditions.
It is necessary to celebrate this day at a great level to remove the ignorance, fear and misconceptions of the general public towards the voluntary blood donation campaign. Voluntary organizations of the country are spending their valuable time and using their resources in order to encourage the students/youths, colleges, institutions, clubs/NGOs, etc.
Along with the Nation, the Mokokchung District Voluntary Blood Donors Association is celebrating the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day at Blood Center IMDH on the 1st of October 2022 with the slogan of the World Blood Donor Day 2022 “Donating blood is an act of solidarity. Join the effort and save lives,” to draw attention to the roles that voluntary blood donations play in saving lives and enhancing solidarity within communities. The Donation drive will start from 10:00 Am and will be till 1:00 PM. The denizens of Mokokchung are cordially invited to the donation camp and be a lifesaver.
For enquiry/help for Voluntary Blood Donors, you may contact Molo Jamir 9862127003 and Makshi Jamir 7005408371