Department Of Immuno Haematology & Transfusion Medicine

General Information

Blood donation and transfusion service is an indispensable part of contemporary medicine and health care. Blood management has been recognized as a challenging task because of life threatening nature of blood products entails the punctilious administration due to its perishable nature & required timely processing and it also saves the life. Transfusions are used in a variety of medical conditions to replace lost components of the blood. Early transfusions used whole blood, but modern medical practice commonly uses only components of the blood, such as

•  Red blood cells,(Modified Red cell products) 

•  Platelets (SDP/ RDP)

•  White blood cells,

•  Plasma/ FFP

•  Cryoprecipitate

Different Blood Banks of IHTM Department

•  SMS Blood Bank                             1952

•  Zenana Hospital                             1978

•  Mahila Chikitsalaya                         1994

•  Trauma centre Blood Bank               2016

•  JK Lon Blood bank                          2018

•  Kanvatiya hospital blood bank         2018

•  State Cancer Blood Center is under process

•  Gangori Hospital Blood storage centre

•  RUHS Hospital Blood storage Center

•  Community Health Centre, Bassi, CHC Govindgarh, CHC Sanganer, CHC Jamvaramgarh, CHC Shahpura, CHC Amber.

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COURSES

•  DIHBT STARTED IN THE YEAR - 1986

•  MD DEGREE STARTED IN THE YEAR – 2015

•  2^nd Batch of MD has passed out in 2019.

•  Recently in 2019 MD seats has increased from 2 to 8 (likely to increase upto 11 seats in the next academic session) which is highest in any institute in entire India.

LIST OF HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

Department of IHTM was separated and established on 30.06.2012. At the starting of Department Dr. Rachna Narain took the charge of First Head of the Department.

Dr. Rachna Narain Sr. Professor & Head 30.06.2012 to 30.06.2016 22.03.2017 to 05.03.2019
Dr. Sunita Bundas Sr. Professor & Head 01.07.2016 to 21.03.2017 06.03.2019 to 05.03.2021
Dr. Amit Sharma Sr. Professor & Head 06.03.2021 to Till Date

About HOD

Dr. Amit Sharma, (MBBS, MD)

·        Sr. Professor & Head

·        9829090356

·        0141-2518434

·        bloodbanksms@gmail.com

·        MBBS 1984 JLN Medical college Ajmer, Rajasthan University

·        MD General Medicine 1989 JLN Medical college Ajmer, Rajasthan University

·        MD Pathology 1999  SMS Medical college Jaipur, Rajasthan University

·        Life member of IHTM

·        Expert for inspection & Licensing procedure for new blood centers

·        External examiner for MBBD and MD Exams for various National / International Universities

·        Ex MOIC  Mahila Chikitsalaya, Zenana Hospital BB

Awards:

·         Awarded by  Hon’ble Health minister during Gurjar Aandolan

·        Jaipur Samman Award

·        Work of excellence by P&C Dr Subash Nepalia, Dr U S Agarwal

ACHIEVEMENTS

•      There is 100% component preparation from every unit of collected blood thus giving the desired component of blood to the patients and avoiding wastage, rather proper utilization of Blood Units.

•      Latest equipments for Blood Bank are present and latest   techniques are used for Blood Procedures.

•      Every drop of Blood is utilized and plasma is used for preparing Albumin from National Plasma Fractionation Centre, INTAAS Ahmadabad  Life .

•      Blood is collected from replacement as well as voluntary donors by organizing camps at their doorsteps.

•      230 Voluntary BLOOD Donation Camps were held in 2021

•      Dept. played  an important role in  first Liver Transplant case of the state by providing various Blood and Blood components since than  leucoreduced blood and  blood components are being supplied for liver and renal transplant cases.

•      Involved in training for those related with Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine.

•      Attended various National & International Conferences and Workshops in the field of Transfusion Medicine.

•      Supplied 300 units Blood to Gujarat Earthquake Victims in January 2001.

•      SMS Hospital, Blood Bank has been identified as Zonal Training Centre for training Programme under blood safety by Rajasthan State Blood Transfusion Council.

•      Selected by M.P. & West Bengal State AIDS Control Society for training of their Blood Bank specialist for Blood Component Separation.

Last updated: 31.03.2022