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Blood
donation camps
Maternal death ratios are very
high in the state of Rajasthan, especially in the Dholpur district. One
of the causes of the high death ratios is the lack of donor blood at
hospitals and health institutions.
Generating
awareness: SIDART has been
entrusted with the responsibility to generate awareness amongst the
community and facilitate the blood
availability for the pregnant women in emergency
situations.
Blood
donation Camps: In order to reduce the number of maternal
deaths, blood donation camps were organized at Dholpur and Badi to
increase the availability of blood at the health facilities at the
District Hospital. The blood collected through SIDART camps was to be exclusively used for pregnant women to avert deaths due
to blood loss as a result of complications of pregnancy.
Standard
operational guidelines and voluntary blood donation:
SIDART also helped implement standard operational guidelines, promote voluntary blood donation
and the create of a pool of voluntary
donors. For the effective use of blood, coordination
between bloodbank Dholpur and Blood Storage Center BADI had to be
arranged.
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