COVID-19: Blood shortage adding to the healthcare burden

Suryaprabha Sadasivan

Published:

April 30, 2020

The WHO estimates that blood donation by 1% of the population is generally the minimum to meet a nation’s most basic need for blood. In India’s case, as per the data of 2016-17, there was a shortage of 1.9 million units (or 15%) vis-à-vis the WHO norm.

ETHealthWorld – 30 April 2020