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Free Blood to Patients - Uttarakhand

The scheme aims to ensure the availability of blood free of cost to all patients admitted in government hospitals across the state. Under this scheme, blood is provided free of cost by government blood banks to all in-patients who require transfusion during treatment.

State In Kind

States / UT: Uttarakhand

Nodal department: Medical Health And Family Welfare Department

Scheme for: Individual

Scheme profile

DBT (direct benefit transfer): No

Categories: Health & Wellness

Target beneficiaries: Individual

Tags: Health, Free Blood, Patients

Details

The scheme “Free Blood to Patients” is an initiative under the National Health Mission (NHM) implemented by the Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand. The scheme aims to ensure the availability of blood free of cost to all patients admitted in government hospitals across the state.

Benefits

  • Under the scheme, free blood is provided to all patients admitted to government hospitals

Under the scheme, free blood is provided to all patients admitted to government hospitals.

Eligibility

  1. All patients admitted to government hospitals in Uttarakhand who require blood are eligible.

Application Process

Offline

In case of a blood requirement, patients admitted to government hospitals are provided blood free of cost by government blood banks. The free blood facility is available in a total of 23 medical units across the state, namely:

  1. District Hospital, Almora, 2. Sub-District Hospital, Ranikhet 3. District Hospital, Bageshwar 4. District Hospital, Chamoli, 5. District Hospital, Champawat, 6. Doon Hospital, 7. Government Medical College, Dehradun, 8. Sub-District Hospital, Rishikesh, 9. District Hospital, Haridwar, 10. Sub-District Hospital, Roorkee, 11. District Hospital, Nainital, 12. Base Hospital, Haldwani, 13. Sushila Tiwari Government Medical College, Haldwani, 14. District Hospital, Pauri, 15. Base Hospital, Kotdwar, 16. Government Medical College, Srinagar, 17. District Hospital, Pithoragarh, 18. District Hospital, Rudraprayag, 19. District Hospital, Tehri, 20. District Hospital, Udham Singh Nagar, 21. District Hospital, Kashipur, 22. Sub-District Hospital, Khatima, 23. District Hospital, Uttarkashi

Clarifications

Additional points from the scheme information published on myScheme (not legal advice).

Who is eligible to benefit from this scheme?
All patients admitted to government hospitals in Uttarakhand who require blood during treatment are eligible to receive free blood. <br>
Is this scheme available for patients admitted to private hospitals?
No. <br>
How can a patient avail of the free blood facility?
When a blood transfusion is required, the treating doctor or hospital staff arranges blood from the nearest government blood bank under the scheme, without any charge to the patient. <br>
From where is the blood provided under this scheme?
Blood is provided free of cost by government blood banks associated with designated medical units across the state. <br>
How many medical units in Uttarakhand are covered under this scheme?
The free blood facility is available in 23 medical units across Uttarakhand. <br>

References

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