On June 10, 2023, VFAHT-BUHSC, VFAHT-AKU, and VFAHT-DUHS in collaboration with the Indus Hospital organized a Hepatitis Screening & Safe Blood Donation Camp at Aziz Bhatti Park, Karachi.
The purpose of the camp was to spread awareness about the crucial role of safe blood donation practices in the spread of blood borne infections. The dedicated volunteers tirelessly went door-to-door to educate the community on the importance of donating blood and were able to successfully gather almost 50 donors.
The donors were screened for the diseases mentioned below:
Total | Males | Females | |
No. of Population Screened | 50 | 29(58%) | 21(42%) |
HBsAg +ve | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anti-HCV +ve | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HIV | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total pints of blood collected: 50