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Our blood bank came into being in 1969 with a minimal infrastructure of a single room with an ordinary refrigerator. Blood collection was performed in bottles manufactured in the hospital itself. The anticoagulant used was ACD which was also manufactured at our pharmacy and sterilized in our operation theatre. Only screening methods like VDRL was employed during the period. No other transfusion transmitted disease screening methods were in practice during that time. Only the questionnaire regarding high risk behavior asked in the donor cards were the means of screening the donors. Later on vacuum bottles were purchased from outside and bypass of handmade bottles happened. In the year 1990 bottles were replaced by blood bags (SINGLE BAGS) and also the first blood bag refrigerator furnished in our department. Our infrastructure was modified and donor screening area, bleeding area and refreshment room came into being. Also there was advent of screening for TTD like HIV and HBsAg. Later on HCV screening also added the list.

Our Department obtained the license from the Drugs And Control Society in 1996. Till 2007 only whole blood was being administered to the patients. But the year 2007 gave our department a whole new dimension. License from the Drugs And Control Society for component separation was obtained and this embarked us on a whole new level. PRBC, FFP , Cryoprecipitate, and Platelet preparation started and issued according to the conditions of the patients and as demanded by the clinicians. This led to better health and more rates of survival in the patients. In 2012 the post graduate course was started on permit by the MCI.

The department aims to be an esteemed center for catering to the needs of all the patients of this hospital. It plans to actively engage with the wider medical community through horizontal and vertical integration. Towards this aim we have already made a contribution by starting the therapeutic apheresis. We envision ourselves to be a NABH accredited blood bank. Our goals include starting a day care blood transfusion unit for catering the needs of thalassemia patients. The department will strive to retain the academic excellence and provide appropriate physical resources that will facilitate research & learning.

We conduct blood donation camps in our district at frequent intervals approximating twice or thrice in a week all round the year. We organize conference and workshops every year where we receive participants from all colleges across Kerala. “CASCADE” is a coagulation workshop we conduct every year which involves post graduate students and eminent faculties from various fraternities . This provides a huge platform and also facilitates different aspects of research and learning.

The post graduate students in transfusion medicine have participated in various State level, National level & International level conferences. The following students have made their mark have won laurels and appraisals for the college: