Facts about blood donation...!!!

=> Every year our nation requires about 4 Crore units of blood, out of which only a meager 40 Lakh units of blood are available.
=> The gift of blood is the gift of life. T
here is no substitute for human blood.
=> Every two seconds someone needs blood.
More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.
=> A total of 30 million blood components are transfused each year.
=> The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.
=> More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.

EXAMPLES OF BLOOD USE

1. Automobile Accident_______________50 units of blood

2. Heart Surgery____________________6 units of blood / 6 units of platelets

3. Organ Transplant_________________40 units of blood / 30 units of platelets

4. 20 bags of cryoprecipitate__________25 units of fresh frozen plasma

5. Bone Marrow Transplant___________120 units of platelets/ 20 units of blood

6. Burn Victims_____________________20 units of platelets