To ensure maximum utilisation of blood and cater to the increasing number of emergency cases, JJ hospital was to get the biggest blood component separation unit in 2013. Three years on, that’s yet to happen. This despite the fact that the Medical Council of India has made it mandatory that all blood banks in medical colleges should have blood separation units.

RTI shocker
In 2013, the state blood transfusion council decided to start a blood component separation unit in JJ Hospital to cater to the growing demand for plasma, platelets and red cells, which are life-saving components for dengue, malaria, anaemia and burns patients. However, an RTI application filed by mid-day revealed that the unit is still pending, even as essential machines worth Rs 38 lakh are lying unused in the department.