News: The Health Ministry is looking at integrating the country’s Rare Donor Registry with the national online platform for blood bank management and blood availability information called e-Rakt Kosh.
About e-Rakt Kosh Platform
- It is a national platform for information about Blood Banks and Blood availability across India.
- Developed by: It has been developed by C-DAC under the initiative of Blood Cell, National Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- It is the official portal for all blood-related services in India.
- Aim: It aims to provide all the information under a single umbrella as a one nation one platform for blood-related services in India.
- Key features
- Citizen-Centric Services containing real-time details from blood banks across India
- Provides an end-to-end IT solution for complete workflow managements in blood banks
- Available via the web, mobile apps on Google Play, iOS etc.
- Integrated with UMANG, e-Hospital, National Health Portal and flagship products of CDAC e-Sushrut and e-Upkaran.
About Rare Donor Registry of India (RDRI)
- It is a national database of rare blood group donors.
- Launched by: ICMR-National Institute of Immunohaematology (NIIH)
- It contains a data base of 4,000 carefully screened donors, tested for over 300 rare blood markers.
- It helps doctors find rare and specially matched blood quickly.
Integration of e-Rakt Kosh with RDRI
- The integration will allow those with rare blood groups to access a centralized system developed under the National Health Mission (NHS), providing details on blood banks, blood availability, and blood donation camps across the country.
- Essentially, it will help people find blood and blood banks, and assist blood banks manage their stock and donors.
