New mobile app developed by the Indian Red Cross Society (ICRS) would allow people to access safe blood easily, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was launched by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. At the event, held through a video conferencing, Harsh Vardhan, who is the chairman of IRCS, said the mobile app would provide succour to all those who direly require blood at a time when the country is facing the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘New 'eBloodServices' app is developed by the E-Raktkosh team of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) under the Digital India scheme. The application will bring transparency and aid single-window access to blood services of the Indian Red Cross Society.
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"Many people require blood-related services regularly because of certain medical conditions in their families. Through this App, four units of blood can be requisitioned at a time, and the blood bank will wait for as long as 12 hours for the person to collect it. Read More..
"This app makes it easy for those in need to request for blood units at IRCS NHQ," the Minister said.
Once the request is placed through the App, the requisite units become visible to IRCS' NHQ blood bank in its E-Raktkosh dashboard, and this allows assured delivery within the specified time.
This feature will make it easy for a blood seeker to obtain blood and will bring the added advantage of complete transparency and single window access to the service.
Urging people to become voluntary blood donors, the Minister said that regular blood donation could prevent obesity, cardiac problems, and many other ailments.
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Also, more than 38,000 voluntary blood donors registered with NHQ Blood Bank have been contacted and motivated to donate blood, it said. The NHQ Blood Bank conducted 55 blood donation camps collecting 2,896 units of blood. A total of 5,221 units were collected during the lockdown period.
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Source-IANS