Blood Program
History of BDRCS, Blood Program:
1981: Starting of Blood Program with the assistance of SWISS and FINNISH Red Cross in Bangladesh in this place.
At present 10 Blood centers under Blood program
- Red Crescent Blood Center, Mohammadpur, Dhaka
- Red Crescent Holy Family Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
- Chattogram,
- Sylhet,
- Rajshahi,
- Dinajpur,
- Jessore,
- Natore
- Magura and
- Gopalgonj
Our Activities:
- Motivation for Voluntary Blood Donation
- Donor recruitment, Donor retention & counseling
- Blood collection (mobile and indoor), Preservation and Distribution
- Blood screening (HIV/AIDS, HBsAg, Anti-HCV, Syphilis, malaria parasite), grouping, CBC test and cross matching
- Blood component preparation
- Blood transfusion for Thalassemia patients.
- Linkage with Bangladesh Government, ICRC, IFRC, GAP and other partner societies.
Recent Activities:
- Collection and distribution of bloods to different hospitals for the injured students
- Dengue supports: Our centers working 24 hours to supply the platelets, PRP (Platelet rich plasma) and other blood components to the patients
- COVID-19 supports: We providing supports with blood transfusion and blood products supply 7/24 without closing for a single day
- Emergency FFP (Fresh Frozen Plasma) supplied to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (SHNIBPS), after Narayangonj mosque fire.
- Suppling blood/blood bags to field hospitals Vasanchar and Cox’s Bazar.
- Supplying bloods to other blood centers and hospitals.
- Daily blood transfusion to thalassemia patients.
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