Health & Environment
Maharashtra FDA suspends licences of three Mumbai blood banks over gifts
The Hindu1h
THE BRIEF
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The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has suspended the licences of three Mumbai blood banks for three to five days for distributing Titan watches as donor gifts.
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The violation occurred at an April voluntary blood donation camp organized by the Young Star Committee in breach of National Blood Transfusion Council guidelines.
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Blood centres at Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals and Nair Hospital appealed their suspension orders before the State Government and obtained temporary legal stays.