India, Feb. 18 -- Given the acute shortage of blood with the Bombay (Oh) blood group, the State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) has decided to prepare a state registry of these donors.

The council has directed all blood centres across the state to submit details of the rare blood group donors, said officials on Sunday.

The council on February 15 issued a circular to all blood centres across the state directing them to submit the details of Oh blood donors.

Mahendra Kendre, assistant director of SBTC, said, the council has decided to make a state-wide registry of blood donors with this rare blood group.

"The registry will help the council to ask the donors to donate blood at the time of emergency. Currently, the blood centres have a r...