PBTA starts registration of blood banks

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The Health Department Punjab has started registration of blood banks in the province and licenses are being issued to run a blood bank. This was stated by the Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority (PBTA) Secretary Dr Jaffar Saleem while briefing about the functioning of PBTA on Wednesday.

Dr Jaffar disclosed that in future no unregistered blood bank could be operated and if anybody found violating the law, such blood bank would not only be sealed but criminal proceedings would also be initiated against the owner under “Punjab Safe Transfusion Ordinance”. He said that there was nothing more precious than the human life and safety of human life was the number one responsibility of Punjab Health Department. He said that Fatmid Foundation, Sundas Foundation, Red Crescent Society and Hussainia Foundation were doing well but these organizations have to adopt more preventive methods during the collection of blood donations for ensuring that only safe blood should be transfused to the patients. He said that registration of blood banks is continuing and for this purpose free-of-cost registration forms were available from the office of PBTA at Montgomery Road.

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