Blood storage affected: 7 out of 8 ACs not functional at RIMS blood banks

ADILABAD: Blood storage is badly affected with only one out of eight air conditioners working in the blood bank at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Adilabad.

The seven air-conditioners are not working for the last three months and the authorities have not repaired and restored them to run the blood bank properly. Stored blood may be affected and go waste due to the prevailing high temperatures. Generally, blood collected in the pockets is stored in the refrigerators and also maintains cooling weather conditions in that room.

The number of blood storage units has already come down due to the Covid and the lockdown. People are not coming out to RIMS to voluntarily donate blood.

According to sources, nearly 20-25 units of blood are required a day at RIMS. The need of the hour is to repair the defunct ACs in the rooms where blood and plasma platelets are preserved in cold conditions.