The study was done at BYL Nair Medical College in Mumbai Central by three specialists from the departments of community medicine. Dr Chaitanya Patil and Dr Durgesh Prasad Sahu from the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital , Nagpur, and Dr Armaity Dehmubed from BYL Nair Medical College studied 111 interns who were given a self-administered structured questionnaire. “Through this study, we wanted to find out about awareness among medical interns about voluntary blood donation. It was undertaken because, by the end of their MBBS course, they are supposed to have understood the importance of blood donation and become capable motivators for blood donation among the public,” the researchers said. We will also send students to blood donation camps as observers to learn,’ said Dr Bharmal.

Source: Hindustan Times August 09, 2017 11:48 UTC