Wastage of blood at Rajawadi hospital has seen a significant increase while blood collection is witnessing a dip. In 2017, there was only 0.56 per cent wastage of blood which increased to 11 per cent in 2021, as per an RTI response. Experts said unplanned camp as the major reason behind the same. 

An RTI query filed by activist Chetan Kothari has revealed that a total of 26 blood bags expired in 2017, which increased to 74 bags or 1.27 per cent of the total blood collected in 2018, 159 bags or 2 per cent of blood collection in 2019, 225 bags or 10.6 per cent of blood collected in 2020, and 292 bags 11 per cent of total blood collected in 2021. This includes both whole blood and packed red blood cells.