Blood donation is vital for saving lives, with one pint potentially saving up to three individuals. Various groups, including surgical patients and those with severe health conditions, rely on blood transfusions, yet India faces a shortage of three million units annually. Increasing awareness and encouraging an additional 2% of the population to donate could help alleviate this shortage.

2.  To save the precious
life of a person.
 You can gift a person
a life by blood
donation.
 The “blood donor" is
a god for the receiver
for giving him a life.
 One pint of blood
can save up to 3 lives.

3.  Blood transfusion is very
common.
 Those who undergo
surgery
 Those who meet severe
injuries due to accident.
 Those who have have
liver disorder,anaemia
and
haemophilia(bleeding
disorder)

5.  It reduces the sticky and
thickness of blood and
reduces cardiovascular
diseases.
 Reduces risk of heart
attack.
 Reduces iron oxidants and
thus reduces the risk of
cancer.
 Burning calories.
 provide free blood test
analysis.

6. • 15 minutes to
donate the blood .
• 5 minutes for
refreshment.
• It is advised to
rest for 30
minutes and go to
normal work.

7. Before donation: Before transfusion:
• The donor is checked for age
and weight qualification.
 Weighing Hb estimation.
 Measuring of blood pressure.
 Checking
heartbeat,condition of liver,
spleen and lung.
 The blood is stored in
CPDA(citrate,phospate,dextr
ose,adenine) solution bag.
 The blood undergoes
jaundice,malaria,HIV,STD
related diseases.
 The blood is sterilized.
 The blood is cross matched
with the recipient blood.

9.  The leading blood donors
in the world are U.K,
Canada, Germany.
 In India
maharashtra,tamilnadu,
westBengal,gujarat,
Chandigarh and himachal
Pradesh contains more
donors.
• It is said that nine million
units of blood are collected
in India annually.
• Still there is a shortage of
blood of three million units.
• The shortage can be fulfilled
if additional 2% population
volunteer to give Blood.
• The awareness should be
created among the common
people and acknowledging
the students who are regular
donors.