Blood Banks across J&K facing acute shortage in absence of donors
Blood Banks across J&K facing acute shortage in absence of donors
Govind Sharma
JAMMU, May 18: Blood Banks across Jammu and Kashmir have been facing acute shortage of blood and whatever stocks are left with them, are depleting fast as neither any donation drive is being conducted nor donors are coming forward to donate blood during this COVID-19 crisis.
Official sources told Excelsior that there are about 35 Blood Banks across J&K including Government, private, Army and charitable. They said out of these, 16 are in Jammu division and 19 in Kashmir but all are facing acute shortage of blood amid the 2nd wave of COVID-19.