Kuwait Central Blood Bank is the only

blood bank A blood bank is a center where blood gathered as a result of blood donation is stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. The term "blood bank" typically refers to a department of a hospital usually within a clinical pathology labora ...

Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...

being operated by the government. It is located in

Jabriya Jabriya () is in an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait. It is a large, mainly residential area that borders Surra, Hawalli, Salmiya and Bayan. On 31 December 2007, Jabriya's population was estimated to be 66,056. Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospi ...

behind Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital.

History and profile

It was established and founded on 25 May 1965 by Abdulaziz Al-Bashir, haematologist. It became an accredited member with the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) in 1989 and has been a participant of the college of American Pathologists (CAP) since 1994.

References

External links

Official website
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