Organization:Athar Blood Bank
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| Founded | 2 June 2012 |
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| Founder | Syed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi |
| Type | Blood Bank |
| Focus | Voluntary Blood Donations |
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Area served | Maharashtra |
| Method | Camp |
Key people | Syed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi (Founder & Chairman)[1] Dr. Nilofer Bohri,Qayyum Inamdar, Mushtaq Chaudhary, Abdul Razzaq Kamble, Azam Shaikh, Usman Mansoori, Mukhtar Humnabadi |
Athar Blood Bank is an initiative by Athar Minorities Social and Welfare Association and is based in Solapur, Maharashtra.[2] The Athar Blood Bank was inaugurated on 2 June 2012 by Sushil Kumar Shinde (then Minister of Power (India)). Service to Humanity was the slogan chosen by the founder as a motto for Athar Blood Bank. Construction of new Maternity Home is on cards of the Athar Minorities Social and Welfare Association in near future. It is running successfully and conducts blood donation camps across the state and helping humanity.[3]
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Background
Athar Blood Bank was established in 2012 by group of individuals mainly Maulana Syed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi, Qayyum Inamdar, Dr. Nilofer Bohri, Mushtaq Chaudhary, Abdul Razzaq Kamble, Azam Shaikh, Usman Mansoori, Mukhtar Humnabadi and few others.[citation needed]
Blood collection center
The blood collection center at 1st Floor, Jamiya complex, Near Samachar Chowk, Solapur, Maharashtra is equipped with all the latest equipment and can host multiple blood donations simultaneously.[4] Eighteen staff, including three doctors, work at the center and has the capacity to store 700 units. It is operational 24*7 and supplies blood to Government Civil Hospital and Private Hospitals across Solapur district. The bank provides free blood to thalassemia and HIV patients. Also, financially weak sections are given discounted rate and sometimes they are not charged at all.[5]
Athar Blood Bank (Exterior)
Athar Blood Bank (Interior)
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Camp
Athar Blood Bank collects blood from different groups e.g. colleges and public or private organizations, where any person can donate blood. Bank organizes an average of seven blood donation camps in a month. Blood is transported through an ambulance which also provides mobile medical facility.
Recently 200 people have donated the blood in a camp organized by Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadeeths in Social School, Solapur.[6]
Processing of blood
The blood is processed in the lab having a state-of-art facility after the collection either from the center or camps. After initial screening blood is separated in major three components e.g. red cells, plasma and platelets.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "Muslim scholars support ban on triple talaq, polygamy" (in en). DNA India. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-muslim-scholars-support-ban-on-triple-talaq-polygamy-2433070.
- ↑ "LIST OF LICENSED BLOOD BANKS IN INDIA *". February 2015. http://www.cdsco.nic.in/writereaddata/BLOOD%20BANKS%20INDIAfeb2015.pdf. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ↑ "News". 14 January 2016. https://tajallieshahabblog.wordpress.com/in-news/.
- ↑ Google (7 April 2017). "Athar Blood Bank" (Map). Google. Retrieved 7 April 2017. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ TwoCircles.net (26 May 2017). "Maulana Syed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi: A cleric who built a Blood Bank in Solapur | TwoCircles.net" (in en-US). http://twocircles.net/2017may26/410093.html.
- ↑ "'Social' madhya 200 janacha raktdaan" (in Marathi). Lokmat (Solapur). 2017-04-06. http://epaper.lokmat.com/sub-editions/Hello%20Solapur/2017-04-06/4.
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