There will be blood, If you ask Facebook

Novel feature in social networking site makes it connect easier to voluntary blood donors in the time of need 

  Social networking platform Facebook is all set to roll out a new Features that would make it faster and easier for people, blood banks, and hospitals to connect to blood donors when needed. This initiative is specifically designed for India, its second largest user base in the world. 

Starting October 1, Facebook users in India can sign up to Become willing blood donors. All the Critical information, such as blood group and whether they have donated blood in the past, will remain private and set "only me" by default. But people can choose to share their donor status on their timeline, Hema Budaraju, Product Manager, Health, Facebook said.

In many countries including India, there is a shortage of safe blood. Not enough people are donating blood to meet the demand. In case, This leads to patients and their family being responsibilities for finding donors. she pointed out.

So we spoke to blood banks, hospitals, health in industry experts and people who have used Facebook to find blood donors, in order to get a complete understanding of the ecosystem and ensure that what we are designing will be useful to people in India.