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Transfer Certificate to have blood group

M. Balaganessin

Efforts to increase number of donors

PUDUKOTTAI: A Transfer Certificate (TC) issued by a recognised school being an authentic document for tracing the details of one's date of birth, sex, religion, caste and other such particulars, the Education Department has decided to specify yet another vital information — the blood group — in it.

The Department has issued an order directing the Chief Educational Officers to include blood group details also in the TC.

The Chief Educational Officer of Pudukottai, S. Chellam, has initiated the process of conducting periodical health checks free of cost for students in order to determine their blood groups, through service organisations.

The department will create awareness on the importance of blood donation among heads of institutions.

The Blood Bank of the Muthulakshmi Reddy Memorial Government Headquarters Hospital is looking forward to motivating Plus Two students to donate blood and increase the number of blood donors in the district from 7,000 to 20,000, the Medical Officer of the Blood Bank, G. Edwin told The Hindu.

The blood bank, in co-ordination with the Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society and Block Medical Officers, would also extend its cooperation for grouping blood and recording the same in the TCs.

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