In the Red is a mini-series in the Suno India Show on the blood supply shortages in the country, particularly in rural India. The reporting for this series is supported by Turuga Foundation that awarded Menaka Rao the Narender Revelli National Media Fellowship, 2021.

Suno India’s Menaka Rao travelled to parts of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to report on how the insufficient supply of blood in the blood bank hampers the health of people living in the district, particularly when there is just a single blood bank in the district.

This is the first episode in the series. The next episode will focus on how the blood shortage affects those who have blood-related disorders such as thalassaemia and sickle cell disease.

References

Chronic Anemia - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
The clinical demand and supply of blood in India: A National level estimation study
Trends in maternal mortality in India over two decades in nationally representative surveys - PMC

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In the Red - Desperate patients hunt for blood in rural India