Fadnavis said that the BMC was taking measures to ensure proper and optimum use of blood collected and stored in blood banks. "It is true that 1,602 blood bags were destroyed. A total of 822 blood bags were found to have been contaminated and 780 bags were found to have crossed their expiry date," Fadnavis said. "The BMC has been given instructions to ensure that henceforth, the collected bags of blood do not cross their expiry date," he said. Fadnavis said that the BMC was taking measures to ensure proper and optimum use of blood collected and stored in blood banks.

Source: dna July 26, 2017 01:52 UTC