KMC Medical College & Hospital has a fully equipped Blood Bank which has been licensed for the past several years and continuously upgraded with modern infrastructure and advanced technical facilities. The Blood Bank plays a vital role in providing safe, reliable, and timely blood transfusion services for patients requiring emergency care, surgeries, trauma management, obstetric care, cancer treatment, and other life-saving medical procedures.
Our Blood Bank is one of the few advanced blood banks in North India providing blood components to patients since 26/05/2017. The department has consistently worked towards ensuring the availability of safe blood and blood components for needy and critically ill patients, especially individuals belonging to economically weaker sections of society.
We have been successful in providing blood and its components including Packed Red Blood Cells (PRBC), Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP), Platelet Concentrates, and Cryoprecipitate to patients at subsidized rates, which are significantly lower compared to many government blood banks in Uttar Pradesh. Surplus blood components such as FFP are also provided without insisting on replacement donations in deserving cases.
Through continuous blood donation drives, awareness programs, symposiums, and community outreach initiatives, the Blood Bank has maintained a stable and uninterrupted supply of blood throughout the year. The department follows stringent donor screening, testing, and storage protocols to ensure the highest standards of transfusion safety and patient care.
We also have a licensed Apheresis Unit within our Blood Bank. Apheresis is an advanced blood donation process used to collect specific blood components such as plasma or platelets while returning the remaining blood components, especially red blood cells, back to the donor. This specialized procedure allows collection of a higher concentration of required components from a single donor, thereby improving treatment effectiveness for patients.
The apheresis procedure is similar to regular blood donation but takes slightly longer, generally between 45 minutes to one hour. During the procedure, donors can comfortably relax, read, or watch television while the automated machine safely separates and collects the required component. Each tubing set is sterile, used only once for a single donor, and then safely disposed of to maintain complete infection control and donor safety.
Since red blood cells are returned to the donor during apheresis, individuals can donate plasma or platelets more frequently, usually every 2–3 weeks compared to the standard 12-week interval for whole blood donation. The Apheresis Unit significantly supports patients requiring platelet transfusions, plasma therapy, cancer treatment, and critical care management.
