Donations at Karnataka’s first and only skin bank in the government-run Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru are nearing 200. Since its inception in March 2016, the bank has received 195 donations, of which 60 have been recorded from January 2022 onwards. As of now, the bank has a stock of 10,000 sqcm.
The bank, set up in association with Rotary Ashirvad, has been able to meet about 63% of the demand by patients for skin. While the bank has received requests from 310 patients for skin so far, it has been able to cater to only 194.
