Sri Vijaya Puram | January 08, 2026
Hon’ble Member of Parliament from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, has urged the Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands to take speedy steps for organising a Blood Bank or Mini Blood Bank facility on the Community Health Centre (CHC), Rangat, citing the rising healthcare wants of the Middle Andaman area.
In his illustration, the MP highlighted that the absence of blood storage and transfusion amenities at CHC Rangat is inflicting extreme hardship to sufferers, notably maternity instances, dialysis sufferers, these affected by extreme anaemia, and victims of medical emergencies and accidents. He identified that in important conditions, the non-availability of blood usually turns into life-threatening, forcing sufferers and their households to rearrange blood from distant centres.
Mr. Ray additional famous that though a ample variety of voluntary blood donors can be found within the area, the shortage of correct infrastructure for blood storage and transfusion prevents the efficient utilisation of donated blood for sufferers in want.
Emphasising the strategic significance of CHC Rangat as a key referral well being centre catering to a big inhabitants in Middle Andaman, the MP acknowledged that the institution of a blood financial institution facility has change into a medical necessity below the prevailing circumstances.
He has requested the Lt. Governor to accord prime precedence to the matter and make sure the early institution of a Mini Blood Bank at CHC Rangat within the bigger curiosity of sufferers, Panchayati Raj Institutions, and most of the people of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
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