Jeypore,26th Aug 2025:The District Blood Donors and Motivators Forum met with District Collector Manoj Satyawan Mahajan and submitted a memorandum demanding immediate corrective measures regarding irregularities at the Blood Bank of Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital, Koraput.
The forum alleged that irregularities are taking place in the functioning of the blood bank. Patients are not being provided blood on time, and they are also being subjected to ill-treatment. Poor patients coming from villages, when faced with sudden blood requirements, are being asked to arrange for a replacement donor before receiving blood. As a result, patients’ lives are being put at serious risk.
It was further alleged that no meetings are being held at the blood bank. Expenditures of funds received for the blood bank are being made without any formal meetings or approvals.
The District Blood Donors and Motivators Forum stated that the District Collector has assured to conduct an inquiry into the matter. Meanwhile, no reaction has been received from the blood bank authorities on these allegations.