Discrepancies found at blood bank, legal action to follow

Lucknow: A day after Uttar Pradesh special task force (STF) nabbed seven persons, including the owner of two city-based blood banks involved in smuggling of blood units, district magistrate Surya Pal Gangwar conducted a surprise inspection of a charitable blood bank on Wazir Hasan Road and found several discrepancies.

The DM inspected record books of M/s Swastik Charitable Blood Bank and found that the details eight blood donors could not be verified.

Information regarding appointment of medical officer, technical supervisor, technician and nurse of the blood bank was not shared with the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA). He found 72 empty blood bags against the register stock of 80. Gangwar directed that Google spreadsheet should be used to display availability of blood units. The DM instructed officials to initiate legal action and sent the original copy of the inspection report to the Drug Licensing and Controlling Authority & FSDA. tnn