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| Display information of blood units available in Blood Banks: SIC | | | Early Times Report
UDHAMPUR, May 20: In a major relief to those in medical emergencies, the State Information Commissioner (SIC) in a significant judgment passed order to display the entire information regarding group wise availability of blood units in blood banks of Government Hospitals at prominent places and also on websites within two weeks.
The commission also directed to update the information regularly on day to day basis for the benefit of general public. While disposing of a complaint filed by RTI activist Deepak Sharma, the State Information Commissioner Dr S.K Sharma vide order no. SIC/J/C/08/2014/132 directed Director Health Services, Jammu, to ensure display of information regarding group wise availability of blood units in blood banks of Government Hospitals. Principal GMC and Head of the department of Blood transfusion are also directed to notify at prominent places within the hospital, the entire updated information about the availability of blood units in the blood bank. Interestingly the nodal officers of recently started Government Medical Colleges & Hospitals of Kathua, Doda and Rajouri are also ordered to comply with the directions of the State Information Commissioner regarding display of updated information regarding availability of blood units in hospitals."The Director Health Services Jammu and Nodal Officers of Government Medical Colleges & Hospitals of Kathua, Doda and Rajouri should also ensure that the entire information about the group wise availability of blood units in respective hospitals be displayed at prominent places within the hospitals and be also put on the website within two weeks from the date of receipt of this order under an intimation to the commission. The aforesaid information be updated regularly on day to day basis for the benefit of general public," read the order. Earlier in reply to the RTI filed by Deepak it was revealed that 1938 units of blood went down the drain in 3 years in two premier Government hospitals of the city. One of the major reasons for the blood wastage has been the poor mechanism followed for blood storage and absence of maintaining the temperature of blood units during its shifting from the blood bank to the recipient department or on receiving it back at the blood bank owing to its non-utilization. The activist then approached State Information Commission with complaint seeking directions to the health authorities to proactively display information regarding availability of blood units in hospitals under section 4 of the J&K RTI Act 2009. |
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