00:02With bodies beyond the realm of recognition, DNA sampling is turning out to be the only way to identify the deceased from AI-171.
00:10And there are only 72 hours to match and maximize the chances to recover DNA from the available bodies.
00:16The 72-hour rule is the optimal time laid out in modern medicine rather than a strict scientific limit for DNA preservation.
00:23Only next of kin that is parents or children are eligible to give out DNA samples for verification.
00:28The intense heat from the 1,25,000-litre fuel capacity for the long-distance flight to London made it impossible for anyone to survive, but miraculously won.
00:38A dedicated DNA sampling facility is now set up in Kassauti Bhawan of the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, where only immediate family is permitted.
00:46A distressing reality faces relatives who don't even have the time to grieve.
00:50As relatives scramble to give blood samples in nearby hospitals not knowing where a match could be found,
00:56more than 1,000 samples will be collected in Gujarat alone.
00:59There's also a call for O-negative blood to cater to medical needs of those injured.
01:03Those who are O-negative blood types are called universal blood donors.
01:07Since this blood lacks antigens, it can be donated to any blood type without checking the patient's blood type.
01:12In disasters like these, this blood is used for rapid transfusions, when there is simply no time to check what is the blood group of the patient at hand.
01:20This explains the urgent appeals to donate this rare blood and hospitals reaching out to blood banks.
01:26In India, only 7% of the population is known to have this blood type, while globally it is found in 13% people.
