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Save Life India – Blood
Donors Database

India
September 11, 2014

 

Blood donation is supreme service to humanity and it saves precious life.

On a daily basis, numerous accidents take place. At times lives may be lost due to shortage of blood. Even though we have blood banks in most cities, right type of blood may not be available. In emergencies, it is very difficult to find the right donor with the matching blood group causing the near and dear ones of the patient to run from pillar to post in search of blood.

Nearly 4 crore units of blood are required in India, but only 40 lakh units (1%) are actually available. More than 38,000 blood donations are needed per day in order to balance this deficit.

To address this issue, The Art of Living, under the banner of its pan –India social initiative ’Volunteer for a Better India’, has started an online project called ‘Save Life India’ to help people in need of blood across India.

At the ‘My India, My Vision’ event in Goa on 4th June, 2014, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar launched the ‘Save Life India’ website. This unique website provides an online database of individuals who are willing to donate blood when required.

 

 

How it Works:

Blood donors from any city or town in India can register themselves on ‘Save Life India ‘website. Those without access to internet can give a missed call on 09377 999 800. A volunteer will call them back to register and store their details on the website.

When someone needs blood, they can search amongst the registered blood donors on the website and contact them. If a blood donor cannot be found in the person’s city, a specific blood group on the website can be requested and ‘Save Life India’ helps fulfill the request through its volunteers. People from any part of India can avail these facilities online at any time for free of cost.

Why Save Life India?

With Save Life India, the blood donor database is available 24x7, 365 days a year to the public. Those registering online are the volunteers who are willing to donate blood anytime when there is need.

Save Life India can also help various blood banks and hospitals across India to find donors of required type of blood from any specific city/town, as and when they need it.