Licences of three Mumbai blood banks suspended for offering gifts
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration suspended the licenses of three Mumbai blood banks for violating national guidelines by offering gifts to donors. The investigation confirmed that donors at a camp were given Titan watches, leading to disciplinary action against the involved institutions.
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Highlights the enforcement of ethical standards in medical services and the regulation of voluntary blood donation practices.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the licences of three blood banks in Mumbai for three to five days after an investigation found that Titan watches were distributed as gifts to donors at a blood donation camp held in April this year, in violation of National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) guidelines.
The three blood banks are the Indian Red Cross Society Blood Centre, Mumbai; Dean Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals Blood Centre, Byculla; and B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital Blood Centre, Mumbai Central. Their licences were suspended for five days, three days, and three days, respectively, under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
However, the blood centres at Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals and Nair Hospital have appealed against the suspension orders before the State Government and secured temporary stays on the orders.
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