Donating Blood - The Greatest Gift of All

Donating blood in the noblest deed one can opt for on the earth because donatingblood saves lives. Just imagine you are saving life of a human being! All the othergifts are bought with the force of money but this gift comes out of only feeling! Godforbade no one would need blood…. But for those who are in need this acts like lifesaving liquid. Life is God’s gift, so let’s nourish it carefully.

What exactly happens during blood-donation?

Giving blood is a very simple and straight forward process. On arrival at a bloodbank, you will be asked to fill a few details on a donor form. Your medical history willbe taken by medical personnel in an area which provides adequate privacy. A smalldrop of blood will be taken to ensure that you aren't anemic and there are sometests to be made before donating the blood. After the tests are cleared one coulddonate blood according to the doctor’s advice and then you will be escorted to ablood donation area. The blood donation process takes just about 10 minutesfollowed by a little rest and refreshment.

What should you eat after blood donation?

You should drink liquid like tea, cold drink, juice, etc. to replenish fluid and eat somesnacks. All this will be available for you at the blood donation site.

What does a blood bank do?

Blood Bank collects blood, processes it in its components, tests for any possibledisease, stores blood components at most favorable temperature and gives these tothe needy patients after cross matching.

What does happen to blood you donate?

Your blood goes to a modern blood bank. Within 6 hours of Blood collection itsprocessing startsBlood donation centre. It is separated into components viz. RedCells, White Cells, Plasma & Platelets. These Blood components are made availableto Govt. Hospitals, Nursing Homes, etc. All this is to ensure fastest response to thepatient’s need.

This is how each time you donate blood you save up to 4lives.Why blood components?

In modern medicine there is no room for whole blood. Developed countries haveswitched over to blood components for more than 20 years. Unfortunately in Indiastill 95% of the blood is used as whole blood. By making blood components, all theuseful parts of blood can be used. In whole blood, platelets die and clotting factorsbecome ineffective and the patient receives unwanted and ineffective components.

What all things blood bank test your blood for?