Health Adviser urges youths to save lives of people through safe blood donation
Saturday, 3 November 2007
Health Adviser Maj Gen (retd) Dr ASM Matiur Rahman Friday urged the country's youths to come forward with positive intention to save the lives of affected people through safe blood donation, reports UNB.
"There are some 40 million young people in the country, who should volunteer as blood donors," ASM Matiur Rahman made the appeal while speaking at a function organised by Sandhani National Eye Donation Samity and Sandhani Central Council at the National Press Club, marking the 13th National Voluntary Blood Donation and Posthumous Eye Donation Day.
Sandhani National Eye Donation Samity and Sandhani Central Council President Kamrul Hasan Khan presided over the function while Director General of Health Directorate Dr Shahjahan Biswas, Barrister Tania Amir, Grameen Phone deputy director and head of brands Rubaba Dowla Matin and founding general secretary of Sandhani Abul Kalam Azad also spoke on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Matiur Rahman called upon the agencies working with blood donation in the country to follow strict quality control measures before accepting blood from the potential donors.
Terming Sandhani as an integral part of blood transfusion, he said it has been playing an important role over 30 years in blood collection and transfusion for the affected people.
Matiur mentioned that lot of blood is needed for mothers while giving birth to children and for different injured people and the thalassemia patients.
Referring to drug addiction, he said a substantial number of youths between the ages of 19-25 in the country have become drug addicted. Among some 20,000-40,000 oral and injecting drug addicts, injecting addicts are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, he said.
Shahjahan Biswas stressed the need for coordinated efforts of all, including lawyers, doctors and social workers, to encourage the common people to come forward for posthumous eye donation and voluntary blood donation.
Barrister Tania Amir proposed to the government to formulate rules and regulations to ensure quality control of the donated blood and eyes. "Not only quantity, but quality should also have to be ensured for safe blood transfusion."
Abul Kalam Azad urged the present caretaker government to provide infrastructural facilities to Sandhani so it could run its activities properly. "The main problem is financial, some 80 per cent of our work cannot be run without the help of the government," he said.
Joint general secretary of Sandhani National Eye Donation Samity Monilal Aich Litu presented the keynote paper on 'Voluntary Blood Donation and Posthumous Eye Donation Movement: Bangladesh Perspective.'
He mentioned that of the total annual demand for 400,000 bags of blood in the country, only some 250,000 bags could be collected.
Monilal said: "To ensure the quality of blood, it is mandatory to screen the HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C, Syphilis and Malaria."
"There are some 40 million young people in the country, who should volunteer as blood donors," ASM Matiur Rahman made the appeal while speaking at a function organised by Sandhani National Eye Donation Samity and Sandhani Central Council at the National Press Club, marking the 13th National Voluntary Blood Donation and Posthumous Eye Donation Day.
Sandhani National Eye Donation Samity and Sandhani Central Council President Kamrul Hasan Khan presided over the function while Director General of Health Directorate Dr Shahjahan Biswas, Barrister Tania Amir, Grameen Phone deputy director and head of brands Rubaba Dowla Matin and founding general secretary of Sandhani Abul Kalam Azad also spoke on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Matiur Rahman called upon the agencies working with blood donation in the country to follow strict quality control measures before accepting blood from the potential donors.
Terming Sandhani as an integral part of blood transfusion, he said it has been playing an important role over 30 years in blood collection and transfusion for the affected people.
Matiur mentioned that lot of blood is needed for mothers while giving birth to children and for different injured people and the thalassemia patients.
Referring to drug addiction, he said a substantial number of youths between the ages of 19-25 in the country have become drug addicted. Among some 20,000-40,000 oral and injecting drug addicts, injecting addicts are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, he said.
Shahjahan Biswas stressed the need for coordinated efforts of all, including lawyers, doctors and social workers, to encourage the common people to come forward for posthumous eye donation and voluntary blood donation.
Barrister Tania Amir proposed to the government to formulate rules and regulations to ensure quality control of the donated blood and eyes. "Not only quantity, but quality should also have to be ensured for safe blood transfusion."
Abul Kalam Azad urged the present caretaker government to provide infrastructural facilities to Sandhani so it could run its activities properly. "The main problem is financial, some 80 per cent of our work cannot be run without the help of the government," he said.
Joint general secretary of Sandhani National Eye Donation Samity Monilal Aich Litu presented the keynote paper on 'Voluntary Blood Donation and Posthumous Eye Donation Movement: Bangladesh Perspective.'
He mentioned that of the total annual demand for 400,000 bags of blood in the country, only some 250,000 bags could be collected.
Monilal said: "To ensure the quality of blood, it is mandatory to screen the HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C, Syphilis and Malaria."