About Us

Department of Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical College Kottayam is a state of the art licensed blood centre catering the transfusion requirements of people in Central Kerala. The centre is third in the state in terms of annual blood collection of around 25000 . Blood centre also serves as mother centre for 5 blood storage units in Kottayam. Department serves as a referral centre in central Kerala for solving complex immunohematological cases. Academic Training is given for undergraduate medical and paramedical courses and postgraduate medical and paramedical courses. Department strives to give support to the complex superspeciality surgeries as well as solid organ transplants performed in the institute . Voluntary blood donation promotion activities and outdoor blood donation camps are being done on a regular basis at centre. Apheresis services are also available in the centre.