Blood Banks in Jamshedpur
Blood Banks store blood of different blood groups for serious, trauma, surgical or cancer patients. The donors are first screened to make sure they are healthy individuals and do not suffer from any serious disease that can be transmitted by blood transfusion such as HIV, malaria or viral hepatitis. Donors are served light refreshment or lunch to help them recover faster. Minors can't donate blood without prior permission from parents/guardian.Blood Groups are A, B, AB or O. Group O is ''universal donor'' as far as red cell transfusions are concerned. AB is the ''universal donor'' for plasma transfusions. June 14 is World Blood Donor Day. It is the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, the scientist who discovered the ABO blood group system. The theme of World Blood Donor Day campaign 2012 was ''every blood donor is a hero''. Donors have to give consent before donating blood.
Blood donations are of many types. An ''allogeneic'' or ''homologous'' donation is when a donor

Blood Banks in Jamshedpur
Indian Red Cross Society
Near Kamani Centre,
M Road, Bistupur,
Jamshedpur - 831001
Phone: (0657) 2320306
Jamshedpur Blood Bank
Near Tata Main Hospital,
Stocking Road, Bistupur,
Jamshedpur - 831001
Phone: (0657) 2142514,(0657) 2425437
MGM Blood Bank
Near Rajendra Nagar,
Sakchi,
Jamshedpur - 831001
Phone: (0657) 2440844
Jamshedpur Mobile Blood Banks
Arogyam Hospital & Diagnostic Research Centre
Near Sidhgora Market,
Main Road, Sidhgora,
Jamshedpur - 831009
Phone: (0657) 2211411
Jamshedpur Cord Blood Banks
Lifecell International Pvt. Ltd.40 A, Kamani Center, 2nd Floor,
Bistupur, Jamshedpur-831001
Phone: 18004195555
Arogyam Hospital & Diagnostic Research Centre
Near Sidhgora Market,
Main Road, Sidhgora,
Jamshedpur - 831009
Phone: (0657) 2211411