Blood bank services in Bangalore

A blood bank is a cache or bank of blood or blood components, gathered as a result of blood donation, stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusions.

An early development leading to the establishment of blood banks occurred in 1915, when Richard Lewison of Mount Sinai Hospital, New York initiated the use of sodium citrate as an anticoagulant. This discovery transformed the blood transfusion procedure from direct (vein-to-vein) to indirect. In the same year, Richard Weil demonstrated the feasibility of refrigerated storage of anticoagulated blood. The introduction of a citrate-glucose solution by Francis Peyton Rous and JR Turner two years later permitted storage of blood in containers for several days, thus opening the way for the first "blood depot" established in Britain during World War I. Oswald Hope Robertson, a medical researcher and U.S. Army officer who established the depots, is now recognized as the creator of the first blood bank.

Sl no.	Name	Contact Number
	Bangalore Medical Service Trust	+91-80-2226 131
	Dr V N K Polyclinic	+91-80-6632026
	Dr Shivaji Rao's Blood Bank	+91-80-2224044
	Dr Krishnamurthy's Blood Bank	+91-80-6632026
	Ediquest	+91-80-2602 007
	E S I Rajajinagar	+91-80-3324112 / 3325130
	Karnataka Red Cross Blood Bank	+91-80-2264205 / 2268435
	Lions Blood Bank	+91-80-2266807
	Grace Blood Bank	+91-80-3431233
	Minerva Blood Bank	+91-80-6674830
	Naveen Blood Bank (24 Hrs Service) Jayanagar, I Block	+91-80-6341907
	TTK Blood Bank	+91-80-5293486 / 5287903
	Rashtrothana Blood Bank	+91-80-2224044
	Sushurata Blood Bank & Ambulance Service	+91-80-3340153 / 3447666
	Unique Blood Bank	+91-80-6700685 / 6709970
	Vacxoid Blood Bank (24 Hours Service)	+91-80-2260762 / 2266542 / 2268435