Now it is not necessary to give blood in exchange for blood, only processing fee will be charged, government made new rules for blood banks

The government has made a big decision to stop charging huge amounts of blood in hospitals and private blood banks. Now it will not be necessary to give blood for blood. There will be no charge other than the processing fee for taking blood from a blood bank or hospital. The government has said in the instructions that blood is not for sale. An advisory has been issued in this regard to blood banks across the country.

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has asked all states and union territories to follow the revised guidelines of the National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) with this decision. Currently, in most hospitals and blood banks, whenever a patient needs blood, his relatives or acquaintances have to donate blood.

In case of non-donation of blood, private hospitals and blood banks charge an average of Rs 2,000 to 6,000 per unit. In the case of a rare blood group, this fee is more than Rs 10 thousand. According to the new guidelines, this type of recovery will no longer be done. Only a processing fee will be charged, which will range between Rs 250 to Rs 1,550 for blood or blood components. The charges for whole blood or packed red blood cells will be Rs 1,550 while for plasma and platelets, it will be Rs 400 per pack.

According to medical experts, this decision will benefit patients. Especially those patients who undergo regular blood transfusions due to blood disorders like thalassemia, or sickle cell anemia or who are about to undergo surgery. In such cases, many times it is not possible for relatives or acquaintances to donate blood. The decision will curb arbitrary charging for blood in corporate hospitals.