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Prasanna Kumar, a volunteer who helps in organising donors for the GRH blood bank, says that the problem is actually in the wards where the patients are admitted and not the blood bank. “A slip should be issued from the ward mentioning the blood group and other particulars of patients so that it can be checked if the donor is of the same blood group. “The donors can therefore check with the helpline to see if they can donate blood before visiting the hospital,” he says. more-inMADURAIWhile the blood bank in Government Rajaji Hospital, the second largest in the State, has often expressed concern over shortage of donors, voluntary donors opine that it could streamline its processes and sensitise employees to make it easier to donate blood. “When the blood bank faces shortage, I expected it to wholeheartedly welcome the donors..