NIMS blood bank collects 25,105 units of blood in 2025

Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences blood bank set a new record in 2025 by collecting 25,105 units of blood, the highest ever, alongside conducting 50 voluntary donation camps and hundreds of single donor platelet procedures

Hyderabad: The blood bank of Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) on Tuesday said that it has set a unique record by collecting a total of 25,105 units of blood in the year 2025, which is the highest ever collected by the facility.

Managed by the department of Immuno-Hematology and Blood Transfusion (IHBT), the blood bank, despite its limitations in the supply of apheresis kits, which are specialised single-use disposable medical kits for blood donation, a total of 727 single donor platelet procedures were completed.

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The IHBT department on Tuesday announced that a total of 50 voluntary blood donation camps were organized in 2025. “This marks a significant increase compared to the previous average of 12 camps per year. On certain occasions, the department managed to conduct three blood donation camps in a single day,” NIMS officials said.

Dr Sudhir Kumar Vujhini, Head, NIMS Blood Bank, said that achievements would not have been possible without the cooperation of the senior hospital management and IHBT faculty, technical staff, nursing staff, residents, and B.Sc. Transfusion Medicine students.