Rotary Blood Bank

Rotary Blood Bank
Founded 2002
Founder Sudarshan Agarwal
Type Blood bank
Focus Voluntary Blood Donations
Location
Area served
NCR, India
Method Camp
Slogan No one shall suffer in and around Delhi for want of Blood
Website http://www.rotarybloodbank.org

Rotary Blood Bank is India's largest and most modern blood bank, located in the Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi, India.[1]

Background

Rotary Blood Bank was established in 2002 and is under the supervision of the Central Government.[2]

Blood collection center

At the 56-57 Tughlakabad Institutional Area facility are available collection stations for 5-50 people giving blood donations at a time.

Camp

Rotary collects blood from organized groups e.g. Colleges and Organizations, where any person can donate blood. Blood collections are collected by two Mini Buses which provides a mobile medical facility.

Processing of blood

After collection of blood from in-house/camp, it is processed in the lab; where a state-of-art facility is available after initial screening. Here blood separated in major three components e.g. Red cells, Plasma and Platelets. In last few years there is a large demand for Platelets during September to December to treat Dengue fever.

System/equipments

References

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