Tulunad Trust initiates Blood card project

Tulunad Trust initiates Blood card project

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Sep 9, 2014 : City based Namma Tulunad Trust is set for a project to offer free blood to the needy. The initiative labeled ’blood card project’, aims at issuing blood cards to the families who register with the organisation by paying an annual fee of Rs 500 and the family members can use the card to avail blood free of cost for treating a patient in any hospitals, whenever the need arises.

Addressing media Sept 8;  Trust President G VS Ullal said that the ambitious project aims at collecting as well as distributing blood at atime when hospitals charge the patient’s family with exorbitant rate for purchasing blood. Under the project, cards will be issued to the families and six members of a family can avail the benefit. The validity of the card is one year after which the beneficiary can renew the card.

Some of the terms and conditions for the members include, that the patient can get only three bottles of blood a day, the blood will be issued based on the direction of the doctor who treats a particular patient and the benefit can be obtained only after one month of registration.

To a query on how the blood will be collected and preserved for implementing the project, Trust Working President Kadaba Dinesh Rai said that Trust will tie up with various organisations that conduct blood donation camps and collects blood. It has been planned to develop a blood bank with modern cold storage unit and blood testing lab, at an estimated cost of Rs 5.10 crore. The project is likely to be implemented from January 1. People who are interested to register as members can contact Namma Tulunad Trust President G VS Ullal on Mobile 9964669218  or Dinesh Rai on 9901833532.