Blood Banking:

The Indian Red Cross Society, A.P. State Branch plays a key role in the voluntary blood donation movement. It has eighteen (18) Blood Banks working in 13 districts of A.P.
Blood Component Separation facilities have been established in 8 IRCS Blood Banks in Krishna, West Godavari, Srikakulam, Ananthapur, Visakhapatnam, Kurnool, Nellore and East Godavari Districts
ID-NAT facility at a cost of Rs.1.50 crore has been established at Red Cross Blood Bank, Visakhapatnam.This equipment has 2 major benefits
i. it can identify HIV I & II, Hepatitis B & C viruses that are undetected by conventional tests, and
ii. the window period for testing is shortened considerably
30% of blood collected in the 18 Blood Banks is given free of cost to Government Hospitals, poor patients who are below the poverty line and to persons affected by Thalassemia and Haemophilia. The majority of the persons receiving blood from IRCS Blood Banks are from the low-income group or are below the poverty line

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THE NEED FOR BLOOD IS CONSTANT. AND EVERY DONATION COUNTS

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Some quick facts about blood:

Every person’s body contains about five litres of blood (or 10.5 pints)
There are approximately 450 ml of blood in one unit collected
About 100,000 new donors are needed every year to meet the demand
It can take up to 50 units of blood to save a single car crash victim
It can take eight units a week to help someone battling leukemia
All it takes is one donation. ‘Give Life’

What Happens to Donated Blood?:To make the journey from “arm to arm,” every unit goes through a series of steps and tests to ensure that it is as safe as can be

Step 1 – Donation
Step 2 – Processing
Step 3 – Testing
Step 4 – Storage
Step 5 – Distribution

Reach Our Blood Banks

S.No.	District	Blood Bank Center	Name of the Medical Officer	Contact Number
1	Anantapuram	Anantapuram	Dr.G. Ramanjaneyulu	9441425444
2	Chittoor	Chittoor	Dr.M.V.Narayan Reddy	8019383106/9849454484
3	East Godavari	Kakinada	Dr.P.Durga Raju	9848424389
4	Guntur	Guntur	Dr. G. Prabhavathi	9985322589
5	Guntur	Repalle	Dr. Veera Raghavaiah	9177883353
6	Krishna	Vijayawada	M. Madan Mohan	9441902311
7	Krishna	Machilipatnam	Dr. S.V. Raman	8019905940
8	Kurnool	Kurnool	Dr. Kumaraswami Reddy	8440211777
9	Prakasam	Ongole	Dr.K.Shammi Kasthuri	9948570246
10	SPSR Nellore	Nellore	Dr.S.Sita Rama Rajendra Prasad	9440762038
11	SPSR Nellore	Kavali	Dr. B. Ravi Kumar	9494755449
12	Srikakulam	Srikakulam	Dr. K. Sudheer	9440412613
13	Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	Dr. Subba Rao Dr.M.Lakshmi	9848860480 9491880025
14	Vizianagaram	Vizianagaram	Dr. Venugopal Reddy	7032076969
15	West Godavari	Eluru	Dr. M.B.S. V.Prasad	9490126837
16	West Godavari	Tanuku	Dr. G.H. Prasad Rao	9959312349
17	West Godavari	Narasapuram	Dr. Trimurthulu	9440467664
18	YSR Kadapa	Kadapa	Dr. Nitya Padmavathi	9502751066

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