What are some of the challenges you face in Jeevan blood bank?
Ans. Jeevan blood bank being a non-profit organization there is a fight for survival in terms of generating funds, most of which come from Jeevan’s trustees. We have actually a liability of over 32 lakhs accrued over the years and we hope to mobilize funds to address this issue and enhance the performance of the blood bank to serve the community more. Though there are voluntary blood donors who give their blood free of cost, recipients of the blood have to pay for the blood because of the cost involved for the special bag to carry blood, mandatory testing, additional advanced tests like NAT done to ensure blood safety, processing, storage, purchase and maintenance of expensive equipments, and other overheads that cost money. Jeevan’s dream is to get enough patrons to sponsor blood free of cost to recipients so much so, there would be no billing section for blood in Jeevan. With society getting predominantly consumerist in modern times, where even blood is dismissed as a commodity that
