Maharashtra Assembly Winter Session 2023: Aliquots will be installed in all public blood banks in Maharashtra, says Minister Dr Tanaji Sawant
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| Maharashtra Assembly Winter Session 2023: Aliquots will be installed in all public blood banks in Maharashtra, says Minister Dr Tanaji Sawant |
Aliquots that transfer blood to smaller bags will help avoid blood wastage during blood transfusion in children.
Maharashtra Health Minister Tanaji Sawant Wednesday announced in the Assembly that aliquots (machines that transfer blood to smaller bags) will be installed in all public blood banks.
The 31 blood banks that come under the purview of the government lack aliquots and they would be made available within a month, said minister Sawant.
Since children with blood-related ailments do not require as much blood transfusion as adults, it is necessary to have aliquots installed in blood banks to avoid wastage, he said.
Only eight of the 31 blood banks and three out of the 14 hospitals under the jurisdiction of the department of medical education have aliquots installed.
Sawant said that aliquot is a small machine that can make bags of 350 ml of blood or as per the requirement of paediatric patients and that there is no need for special training for it.
The existing blood bank technicians can very well use this machinery.
The aliquots will be made available within the next one month after completing the procurement procedure, he said.
The minister said instructions have been given to the medical superintendent of the Department of Medical Education and Medicines through the State Blood Transfusion Council and also to the private blood banks.

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