Every year our nation requires about 5 Crore units of blood, out of which only a meager 2.5 Crore units of blood are available.
The gift of blood is the gift of life.
Every two seconds someone needs blood.
More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.
A healthy donor may donate red blood cells every 56 days, or double red cells every 112 days.
A healthy donor may donate platelets as few as 7 days apart, but a maximum of 24 times a year.
A total of 30 million blood components are transfused each year.
The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints.
Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives.
More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year.