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Making modern equipments available for betterment of masses has been Shri. Subhash Desai’s aim throughout. Apheresis Centre started by him is strong evidence of it. Whenever there is a requirement for blood during serious injuries, operations, malaria, dengue, patients are supplied with matching blood in the quantity of 350 – 400 ml. Now the technology has advanced to such a stage that various blood components like platelets, plasma, packed cells etc. can be separated and 450 ml of blood with the required components only can be used for blood transfusion. All this can be done without even having to collect the blood in bags and then separate out components for blood transfusion. This is done through a machine which collects the blood, separated the required components and without even wasting a drop of blood, transfers the remaining blood to the donor’s body. This process is known as Apheresis . It’s a Greek word which means separation.
The blood from this kind of technique is of superior quality and causes no harm to the donor as well as to the patient, after the blood transfusion. The donor providing blood in this form can re-donate the blood components within 45 hrs. Apheresis allows the donor's blood volume to replenish itself much more quickly than whole blood donation. A single apheresis donation of platelets can provide as many platelets as 5 whole blood donations. In addition, a platelet transfusion from a single donor greatly reduces the chances of an immune system reaction to the transfusion. Bone marrow transplant, cancer and leukemia patients whose immune systems are already compromised, benefit particularly from single donor platelet transfusions.
Shri. Subhash Desai has made this Apheresis facility available at Apheresis Centre in Sau. Meenatai Thackeray Blood Bank at Goregaon.
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