KGMU gets blood donors registry booklet

The booklet contains contact numbers, consent letters and details of the blood group of 6,000 voluntary donors who want to donate platelets in case of an emergency.

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Head of transfusion medicine, KGMU, Prof Tulika Chandra said, "For the first time in Uttar Pradesh a blood bank is introducing a registry that will prove beneficial to patients who do not have donors."

Meanwhile, the government hospitals in Lucknow have decided to provide 'donor blood' to patients.

Patients undergoing treatment in government hospitals will be able to take donor blood on the advice of doctors.

While Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) will provide blood units to all those patients who do not have donors on Thursday and Friday, KGMU will provide B and O-positive blood units to the needy till June 28.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the King George's Medical University (KGMU) will soon set up a big data centre to profile prevalent diseases in Lucknow and neighbouring cities by analyzing their health records. The centre will be set up in collaboration with the University of Manitoba (UoM), Winnipeg, Canada, with the aim of profiling infectious diseases and neurological and physical diseases in the city and surrounding region. It will not only enhance patient care and research capabilities at KGMU but also serve as an early warning system for the government. During a visit to the University of Manitoba (UoM), KGMU Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. Prof. Bipin Puri finalised the project.

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