K.J. Somaiya Hospital sets up most
modern blood bank for the under served
Collaborates with Rotary Club of Mumbai Queen's Necklace to set up
comprehensive facility
Mumbai. April 19, 2014. Bridging the gap for a modern, comprehensive
and low-cost Blood Bank facility, Somaiya Hospital, Sion has replaced its
existing Blood Bank with a full-fledged infrastructure with state-of-art
technology. Rotary Club of Mumbai
Queen's Necklace has come forward with financial assistance with an aim to
address the poor and needy patients. The Blood Bank was inaugurated by Mrs. Lata
Subraidu, first lady Governor of District 3140 and Dr.Sendurai Mani, Co
Director at the Metastasis Research Centre, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
TX.
With capacity of 550 beds, the multi-specialty Somaiya Hospital's
Blood Bank would be among the biggest such facilities and would have everything
a modern facility would have. It includes an enhanced blood storage room to
ensure safe storage of blood through plasma freezers, incubators and agitators.
An initiative to develop a quality control room and component preparation room
has also been incorporated in this project.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Samir Somaiya said that the city of
Mumbai is woefully short in infrastructure related to blood management and this
shortage is impacting the overall standards of medical care.
Chairman of K.J. Somaiya Medical trust, Mr. Samir Somaiya mentioned
that, ‘’Our dream is to ensure a centre where the best treatment, best
education and best access to care are provided. We are in the process of
building a vision to take a step forward in the pursuit of this dream. This
facility will ensure the prominent arrival of a blood bank that is among the best.
The Somaiya Trust has always tried to make hospital care available to all,
irrespective of their financial condition or any other socio-cultural
parameters’’.
Dean of K J Somaiya Medical College and Research
Centre, Geeta Niyogi, said, ''The state-of-art
blood bank will cater highly to the locals in the north eastern suburbs and
central Mumbai. Also, with the Asian institute of Oncology existent in our
hospital the blood bank would ensure further essential assistance''.
Speaking about joining hands with Somaiya Hospital, Mr.Sanjiv Mehta,
President of Rotary Club of Mumbai Queen's Necklace said, "We are happy
that we could contribute towards making this a reality. We humbly believe that enhancing quality of
healthcare for the underserved is a responsibility that should be shared by
everyone in Mumbai"
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