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Written By: Editorial Team | Published : June 14, 2016 10:51 AM IST
June 14th is World Blood Donor Day
June 14th is celebrated as Blood donor day in India. A day where we thank people who contributed for donating blood and saving lives.Blood donation is a selfless act for a noble cause, still very few people take the time out to donate blood at blood donation drives. This is blamed most of the times to the myths that surround blood donation. From blood donation causes weakness to the threat of contracting various diseases, several myths around blood donation abound.Despite being a nation of 1.2 billion, India faces a shortage of 3 million blood units. This acute shortage of blood causes 1.5 million deaths every year. The shortage particularly impacts children suffering with thalassemia, victims of malaria, malnutrition, trauma victims and women with complications in pregnancy. (Read: Facts you should know about blood donation)
To understand better,Curofy- India s largest community of verified doctor s conducted a poll asking doctors about the most common Myth around blood donation. A total of 2560 doctors polled. Of them, awhopping 78.1% said that people believe blood donation will make them weak. It is totally a myth and very psychological perception when a donor sees blood going out of his body said Dr Deepak Chauhan, Emergency Medicine, Fortis Healthcare. Our body recovers 100% after blood donation, rather I would suggest that blood donation is a good activity. (Read: Voluntary blood donation key to tackle blood scarcity: Health ministry)
There is also a big misconception that blood donation causes various diseases. 18.7% of all the doctors who polled said that patients are concerned about contracting HIV or other communicable diseases by donating blood.Dr Dheeraj Gautam, HOD Histopathology, Medanta, said, There is a huge misconception that donating blood weakens your body and makes you susceptible to infections. With the new antiseptic precautions chances of any infection and other issue are negligible now. As a country that is going to be the next superpower India is still being held back by myths like these. More people are needed to come forward and donate blood to help fellow citizens live a long and healthy life. Blood donation is noble cause indeed and it s sad to see such a large blood deficit in our country. We tried to identify the common myths and bring them out with this poll. , said Mudit Vijayvergiya, Co-founder, Curofy. The results clearly show that we need to educate the masses about the importance of blood donation and make them aware as to how safe it is. (Read: 5 myths on blood donation busted)
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