For the first time in Pakistan among the telecom operators, Warid has started a unique and SMS-based service focused towards serving the humanity and makes blood searching and donating a very simple and easy process, this service called ‘Blood Bank Service’.
This service enables users to search for required blood group in a particular city matching it with a database of registered donors for that city. A blood receiver can only get into contact with a donor upon the donor’s consent.
Service Mechanism:
Donor:
- Donor sends BLOOD in an SMS to the short code 2525
- Upon receiving a list of all blood groups, donor replies with his/her blood group details
- Donor will be asked to enter the city dialing code e.g. 042 for users in Lahore, 021 for users in Karachi, etc.
- Once the process is completed, a confirmation message will be sent to the user with the details of the registration
Receiver:
- Receiver sends FIND in an SMS to the short code 2525
- Upon receiving a list of all blood groups, receiver replies with his / her desired blood group type
- Receiver will be asked to enter the city dialing code e.g. 042 for users in Lahore, 021 for users in Karachi, etc.
- Upon receiving a list of donor IDs, receiver will reply with the required donor ID
- If the list is long, receiver can reply with M for more donor IDs
- Receiver’s request is sent to the donor, receiver gets the confirmation after donor’s acceptance
Send HELP in an SMS to the short code 2525 for the help menu.
Charges:
20 paisa + tax / SMS
