Transfusion Care

The Arun Kumar Day Care Transfusion Centre provides day care transfusions and other related services to patients with thallasaemia, haemophilia and other haematological disorders. Whole blood and blood components such as red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipatitated AHF (antihemophilic factor) are given to people coming from Karnataka, and its neighbouring states.

Blood component therapy is a focus because each component can be transfused to different individuals with different needs, and so each donation can be used to help save as many as three lives. About 120 - 150 transfusions are given in a month.

The Centre handles many people ill with thalassemia, aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, or chronic leukemia who have to undergo repeated transfusions. Blood and blood components are available at subsidised rates for poor patients.

Stringent screening and rigorous Quality Control systems assures that every person receiving a transfusion can count on the blood safe and free of disease.