Friday, Apr 19, 2024 | Last Update : 01:16 PM IST
KEM Hospital blood bank runs dry
KEM blood bank officials admitted that there was a scarcity but said arrangements were being made to deal with the situation.
Mumbai: No blood was available on Thursday at civic-run KEM Hospital and several patients’ kin struggled to procure it. Vikram Singh, the kin of a patient, said that his relative was scheduled for a neck operation and needed four units of B-positive blood however the KEM blood bank said there was no blood available.
Mr Singh told The Asian Age, “My paternal aunt Rajkumari Pasvan (56) has a cyst in her neck and requires four units of blood for her operation which is scheduled during the next two days.”
“My blood group does not match with hers and I approached KEM’s blood bank however I was told that there were no units of blood available. There are many people like me struggling to arrange for blood,” he said.
Mr Singh informed that when he approached the blood bank for blood, there was a notice put up outside which listed the names and coordinates of 24 hospitals and blood could be procured only from any of these.
KEM blood bank officials admitted that there was a scarcity but said arrangements were being made to deal with the situation. Meanwhile, patients had a tough time while their close ones tried to get the required blood from the said hospitals.
Acting dean Dr Rajiv Satoskar said, “There was a scarcity but we have arranged for blood and the problem is solved. I don’t think there will be any problem now.”
About the patients and their kin being seriously inconvenienced, Dr Satoskar said, “We have arranged for blood and are tackling the problem on an emergency basis. However, if a particular blood group is just not available, patients’ kin may have to procure it from outside.”
