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Karachi, May 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): Realizing the need of blood and its component, Dow University established Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad Institute of Blood Diseases at Ojha Campus. Beside this, the DUHS had now initiated a sustainable learning platform for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training with service delivery in blood transfusion and transplantation sciences.
The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) Vice Chancellor Prof. Masood Hameed Khan stated this while addressing a seminar on Transfusion Medicine Update held Thursday at the Arag auditorium of the Dow Medical College.
The aim of the Seminar was to discussed blood transfusion and its related problems in Pakistan and to mobilize the voluntary blood donation. It was attended by professors, senior faculty members, doctors, Para-medical staff as well as students.
Prof. Khan said that the aim of establishing Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad Institute of Blood Diseases was to mobilize voluntary blood donation and within perspective quality assured, safe, efficacious blood and blood components supply services to all the patients was need have been initiated.
He further said that donating blood in not only helping the ailing humanity but on the other hand it prevents the person from various other diseases like HIV, Hepatitis B and C etc.
He said that the DUHS was working hard to mobilize voluntary blood donor in order to cater the demand of the blood.
He also requested the students to become promoters of Voluntary blood donating and join hands for making blood transfusion safer.
National Institute of Blood diseases Consultant Haematologist and, Professor of Haematology Dr Tahir Shamsi while speaking on Blood Component Therapy said that Blood transfusion had become very safe during the last two decades. Globally 92 million blood donations were made annually, 50 percent donations were made in high income countries housing only 15 percent world population.
Thirty-six out of 1000 people donated blood in high income countries, 11.6/1000 people donated blood in middle income countries and 2.8/1000 people donated blood in low income countries.
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