Tripura State Blood Transfusion
Council (TSBTC) on Saturday the 29th March, 2014 has declared that
Tripura has maintained its top position for the sixth consecutive year in
Voluntary Blood Donation in the country. During the current financial year
(2013-2014), 99 percent was collected through voluntary donation and with the
end of the year (financial year) in March, it would be 100 percent.
National Aids Control Organization,
only five states in India have the distinction of over 80 percent blood
collection through voluntary donation against the national average of55 to 60 percent.
The states are Tripura, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Punjab and Maharashtra.
Voluntary Blood Donation in Tripura has become a movement of sorts with people
from all streams of life coming forward for this noble cause.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar
is leading from the front to popularize the concept of Voluntary Blood Donation.
He has donated blood six times after becoming Chief Minister in 1998.
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