Bangalore Medical Services Trust

Blood Centre, Organ Transplant testing Lab (HLA), Tissue Bank and Day Care Centre for Thalassemia patients

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  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
  • CSR-1
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About

  • Headquarters

    Bangalore, Karnataka

  • Since

    1983

Rotary Bangalore TTK Blood Centre, BMST, is the Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Karnataka. It is NABH accredited and has obtained AABB Quality Read morecertificate. We have won several National and Karnataka State awards for 100% voluntary blood collection and adjudged the best training centre in Blood Banking by Government of India. BMST blood Centre best practices 1. Emphasis on 100% voluntary blood donation, and stringent donor selection 2. 100% blood separated into components 3. Screening all units by NAT (Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing - INternational Gold Standard for infection testing) 4. Ensuring vein-to- vein traceability a) All blood units and other samples Bar coded for identification b) Automated tests whose results are fed directly to the blood Centre Software (Hemotrace) c) Every component barcode is scanned and the results of TTI, blood group, pre-transfusion testing etc obtained and all labels are printed from software to eliminate errors due to manual entries d) All relevant records also printed directly from software to eliminate manual entries 5. Functioning as the Immunohematology reference laboratory for South India. 6. Actively promoting the concept of storage centres and bulk transfer of blood to improve accessibility to safe blood components (as on date, we supply blood to 26 storage centres in Bangalore ) Note :Our policy of taking back unused blood components from storage centres is perceived as a plus point with these hospitals. These components are issued to other hospitals / patients thus ensuring there is no wastage.


Issue

Expenses related to collection, processing and issue of blood Blood is donated free. But there are capital and recurring costs for building, electricity, equipment, personnel, consumables- (blood bags, testing reagents, kits and chemicals) and so on to implement the following: Motivation programs to promote voluntary blood donation and conduct blood donation drives; Blood collection, Screening blood for HIV, Hepatitis and other Transfusion Transmissible Infections; Blood group, antibody screening and pre-transfusion tests for donors and patients; Blood components preparation, storage and issue. Cost recovery One of the objectives of the Blood Policy of India is to prevent profiteering in Blood Transfusion Services. So the National and State Blood Transfusion councils, Government of India, issue guidelines for cost recovery of blood issued. At our blood center, we follow the GOI guidelines for cost recovery for blood issued to higher income patients and to corporate hospitals. But we support the poor and needy as follows: 1. At our day care centre, free blood and transfusions are given to patients with Thalassemia, Hemophilia and other Hematological disorders 2. Around 25% of blood collected is issued to government hospitals and poor patients free of cost 3. In addition we issue blood to charitable hospitals at subsidized rates


Action

We collect around 30,000 units of blood exclusively from voluntary donors at over 425 blood donation camps every year. Every unit is screened for HIV, Hepatitis etc and separated into blood components. Around 66,000 blood components are issued p.a. to around 44, 000 patients at 400 plus hospitals. We use automation, test methods, kits, and reagents which meet the highest quality standards, in order to provide quality, safe blood.

Impact

More than 44,000 patients received blood components in the FY 2022 - 23 when they required it, without a request for replacing the unit. More than 100 Thalassemia patients received free blood and transfusion through the year. A total of 2,105 units were given to Thalassemia patients in 2022 - 23

Programs

  • Free blood and transfusion to Thalassemia patients - Since 1991

    Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder. This makes the red cells of the patients very fragile and are destroyed.
    The patients require life-long blood transfusions every month for their survival.

    Its characteristics are
    1. Abnormal Hemoglobin
    2. Sub normal growth
    3. Anemia
    4. Fatigue
    5. Enlargement of organs

    The attendant problems are

    1. Frequent infections
    2. Loss of appetite
    3. Jaundice
    4. Paleness
    5. Enlarged spleen

    The thalassemia patients in our day care centre gets
    • Free blood & transfusions
    • Complete Blood Counts, Serum Hemoglobin, and Antibody Screening free of charge

    Last year, a total of 2105 blood transfusions were given at no cost.

    At Rs. 3,400 per unit, the total cost is Rs. 71,57,000

    We have been able to raise around Rs. 59 lakhs for this year from 3 organisations.

    The remaining amount of Rs. 12,00,000 is still pending

Impact Metrics

  • Number of Patients Benefited Through Blood

    Program Name

    Blood Centre - Conducting blood donation camps, Collecting- testing -processing the blood units, issuing/giving the blood to the hospitals/patients

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2020-21 24734
    • 2021-22 26996
    • 2022-23 44000

Leadership Team

  • Dr. Latha Jagannathan

    Medical Director & Managing Trustee

  • Dr. Ankit Mathur

    Additional Medical Director

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    21-50

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    No

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    No

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAATB0894M

  • Registration ID

    784

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    KA/2017/0165320

  • 12A

    AAATB0894ME20213

  • 80G

    AAATB0894MF20211

  • FCRA

    094420600

  • CSR Registration Number

    CSR00001716

Location

  • Headquarters

    New Thippasandra Main Rd, beside Thippasandra Post Office, HAL 3rd Stage, New Thippasandra, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, 560075

    Directions

Other Details

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Trust

Financial Details

 Income / Expenses
  • 2022-23

    Income
    Rs.160,000,000
    Expenses
    Rs.
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.None
    Program Expenses
    Rs.145,000,000
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