Indian Red Cross Society to give FREE Blood to BPL Dengue Patients & at Discount for Others

Indian Red Cross Society to give FREE Blood to BPL Dengue Patients & at Discount for Others

 Mangaluru :Dengue disease has become the talk of the town, as nearly 500 cases and six deaths due to dengue has been reported in July 2019. With such dengue numbers reported and people tested positive for dengue, there has been a spurt in the vector-borne viral infection cases in Dakshina Kannada.Regarding Dengue (DEN-gee) fever, it is a tropical disease caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes. The virus can cause fever, headaches, rashes, and pain throughout the body. Most cases of dengue fever are mild and go away on their own after about a week, but due to further complications people die also.

According to sources, Dengue fever is caused by four similar viruses spread by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, and when an Aedes mosquito bites a person who has been infected with a dengue virus, the mosquito can become a carrier of the virus. If this mosquito bites someone else, that person can be infected with dengue fever. The virus can’t spread directly from person to person. In rare cases, dengue fever can lead to a more serious form of the disease called dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). DHF can be life-threatening and needs to be treated right away.

During a press meet held at Mangaluru Press Club, CA Shantharam Shetty-Hon.Chairman Indian Red Cross Society DK branch said, ” Indian Red Cross Society has actively joined with Dist Administration to fight against the Dengue viral fever. These are the steps taken by Red Cross in this direction, like-Awareness camps conducted in the Gurjarakere and Bolar areas; Awareness camps are organised for St. Aloysius Students in CODP and motivated them to visit various areas of the City and take preventive measures; Youth Red Cross Volunteers have visited various areas in the City like Gurjerakere, Jeppu, Bolar, Nanthur, Rosario High School, Pandeshwar, Bunder, Falnir, Ballal Bagh, Bejai, etc to create awareness; and Dist Administration had entrusted the task of verifying the effectiveness of house to house visits of MCC and Health Dept which is also being carried out by Red Cross”.

“Indian Red Cross Society has been running a Blood Bank in the premises of Govt Lady Goschen Hospital. This Blood Bank has been issuing blood to the Govt Lady Goschen Hospital Patients free of cost. Keeping the seriousness of dengue viral fever Red Cross has decided to give certain concessional rates for dengue patients, like-For the BPL dengue patients of any Hospital Red Cross Blood Bank will issue plelet concentrates free of cost; and For non-BPL dengue patients admitted in any Hospital the pletlet concentrates will be given at the rate of Rs.200/- This concession is made available up to 31.08.2019” added Shetty.

Prabhakar Sharma KAS – Hon. Secretary-IRCS DK, Archibald Menezes-Hon. Treasurer , IRCS, Dr. U.V. Shenoy, Head of Blood bank, IRCS, and Dr. Rachana, Medical Officer, Blood bank, IRCS were present during the press meet.

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