Surat: Opening vaccination for all adults from May 1 has literally come as a shot in the arm in the fight against the pandemic. But the liberalization of vaccination may have its own ‘side-effect’.
The National Blood Transfusion Council prohibits the donation of whole blood for 28 days after taking the coronavirus vaccine due to which blood banks in Surat are speculating a shortage of blood for a couple of months. Blood banks in Diamond City have appealed to citizens to come forward and donate blood before they take the jab after May 1.
The Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion (IHBT) at SMIMER Hospital has started circulating messages among the people to come forward and donate blood. The message asks citizens to plan by donating blood and avoid a possible shortage of blood in the next two to three months due to mass vaccination. Citizens were requested to circulate the messages in their WhatsApp groups and also share it on their social media profile.