Desher Kaj
Blood donor list, Mymensingh
A list of the area’s willing blood donors by group, with their consent, so nobody has to search in an emergency.
Area
Mymensingh
People
4 people
Time
About 6 hours
Difficulty
Easy
About this task
Mymensingh Medical College Hospital serves the whole division; accidents and births need blood. A list of the area’s willing blood donors with their groups, each with written consent, kept by two coordinators and never published. It starts with a free blood grouping camp alongside a hospital or recognised organisation.
Why it matters
When blood is suddenly needed after an accident, a birth or for a thalassaemia patient, families post on Facebook and search for hours. A checked local list finds a donor in minutes.
What changes after
At least fifty donors on the list with consent; the coordinators’ numbers known at the hospital and mosque; updated every three months.
Who can join
Anyone can organise; donors are healthy people aged 18 to 60.
Step by step
- 1Done
A blood grouping camp180 min
With a hospital or recognised organisation, free blood grouping.
- 2Done
A list with consent120 min
Name, group, phone, last donation. Written consent from each.
- 3Done
Keep and update the list60 min
Kept by two coordinators, not public. Updated every three months.
Checklist to get ready
- Consent forms · ১০০টি
When it counts as done
- At least fifty donors on the list, with consent
Proof required: Photo, Signatures
⚠ Safety
Never publish the numbers on the list. Blood is drawn only at a hospital or blood bank.
What it costs
| Consent form photocopies | 100 | ৳2–3 |
| Camp banner | 1 | ৳400–800 |
| Register books | 2 | ৳80–150 |
| Pens | 10 | ৳10–20 |
| Water and biscuits | For about 100 | ৳15–30 |
| Announcement by rickshaw mike | Half a day | ৳300–600 |
| Total (about) | ৳2,600–5,200 | |
Getting ready, step by step
3 weeks before
Apply to the upazila health complex, the district hospital blood bank or the Red Crescent district unit for a grouping camp.
Note what they bring and what we provide (tables, chairs, water).
10 days before
Fix a venue: a school, club or mosque veranda, with shade and water.
Make the consent form: name, group, phone, last donation date, “only the coordinators keep this number”, and a signature.
3 days before
Announce by mike, at the mosque and on WhatsApp.
Choose the two coordinators who will keep the list.
Camp day
Only the hospital's or organisation's trained staff do the test; volunteers handle the queue, forms and water.
Take signed consent from those willing to be donors.
The week after
The two coordinators sort the list by group and keep it in separate books.
Share only the coordinators' numbers with the mosque, pharmacy and nearest hospital.
Who does what
- Coordinator (2): Keeps the list, rings a donor on an urgent request and, if they agree, gives the hospital's address; updates every three months. — ____________
- Registration table (1): Runs the queue, explains and fills consent forms, takes signatures. — ____________
- Welcome and support (1): Water, seating, helping the health staff. — ____________
The day, hour by hour
- 08:30Tables, chairs, banner and forms set out.
- 09:00Welcome the health staff; give them space and light.
- 09:30Registration and grouping begin.
- 11:00Willing donors sign; the health staff explain how often one may donate.
- 12:30Last registration.
- 13:00Count: how many grouped, how many listed; thank the health staff.
- 13:30Consent forms sealed in an envelope and given to the coordinators.
What can go wrong, and what to do
- Donor numbers leak to scammers. → The list stays with the two coordinators only; never in a group, post or on a wall. If it leaks, warn the donors.
- Someone faints at the camp. → Lay them down with legs slightly raised and call the health staff; 999 in an emergency.
- Someone asks for or offers money for blood. → Say clearly the list is only for free, voluntary donation; remove such a donor.
- The list goes stale; donors fall ill or move. → Ring to update every three months; record each last donation date.
Useful numbers
- 16263Shasthya Batayon: a doctor on the phone
- 999National emergency: police, fire, ambulance (free)
Questions people ask
- How often can one donate?
- Usually a healthy man every three months, a woman every four. A doctor has the final word.
- Do we put the list online?
- No. Scammers misuse donor numbers. Only the coordinators’ numbers are public.
- Can I join if I cannot stay the whole time?
- Yes. Say in your request which step or which hours you can do. The lead will give that step to you.