What are the conditions in which I shouldn’t donate blood?

If you are anaemic
If you are on medication
If you are a lactating mother
If you are pregnant/menstruating
If you have a physiological condition where the demand for iron in the blood is high
Any person in the high-risk group

Myths related to Blood Donation...None of the below are true --

• Blood donation causes weakness or fatigue.
• Donating blood disturbs the balance of the body.
• It causes weight gain.
• A special diet is needed after donating blood.
• Fear of transmission of foreign genes.
• Fear of the possibility of discovering some disease.
• Fear that blood may be multiutilized.
• Fear of the needle.
• Fear that a woman who donates blood will not be able to have children.

Is donating painful?
No not really. It is just the same prick that you feel like at the time of getting injected. In fact if in your mind you put this pain on one scale and the life and death of a patient who needs your blood on the other scale, we are sure that you will opt to bear this pain rather than let a person die for a want of blood...

For any further queries, feel free to contact us. We would be more than happy to help...!!