‘Donors got mixer grinders, cash’: blood banks in Bengal under scanner over ‘illegal’ sale to other States
At least six blood banks in West Bengal are under investigation for allegedly operating an illegal, multi-crore racket involving the unauthorized sale of blood and plasma to other states. Authorities have barred 11 facilities from organizing donation drives after discovering that donors were being incentivized with cash and household appliances, which violates the National Blood Policy.
At least six blood banks in West Bengal are under investigation for allegedly selling blood to individuals and private blood banks outside the State in what Health Department officials have described as an inter-State, multi-crore racket.
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