Source: Hindustan Times, April 2008
The SMS code 5676775 could save your loved ones’ life. If you have an urgent requirement for blood, just send a text message to this number, and the contact details of donors of the blood group you require will be messaged back to you in a few minutes.
The SMS service accesses a database of 45,000 donors across the country, listed on www.indianblooddonors.com, and is the brainchild of railway superintendent Khushroo Poacha who set it up with the help of his wife Fermin, eight years ago.
P.S. Even though this information is not strictly a part of “organ donation”, in the spirit of the “Give a Little project, the editor of this website assessed it as important and relevant enough to share it with readers of this website.
