New Delhi, Jul 17(UNI) The Centre has formulated a policy for setting up at least one blood bank in every district.
As public health is a state subject, it is the primary responsibility of the state government to ensure the establishment of blood banks as per their need, official sources here said.
However, support is provided to states/UTs to strengthen their healthcare system including strengthening existing blood banks/establishing new blood banks based on the proposals submitted by the states through National Health Mission. This includes six districts of Jharkhand -- Sarai Kela, Khunti, Jamtara, Godda, Ramgarh and Bokaro.