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How To Develop and Keep Modern Blood Bank Dr Debasish Gupta, Professor and Head, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala gives a glimpse about the Department of Transfusion Medicine at the hospital and how it has evolved over the years
Dr Debasish Gupta, Professor and Head, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram
Sree
Tirunal
Chitra
Medical
Sciences
Institute
and
for
of social relevance. The institute has
Technology
three wings - the hospital, biomedical
(SCTIMST) started in the year 1976
technology
at
Menon
Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala,
the
Achutha
Health
Science
Studies.
National Importance with the status
teaching facilities are available at these
of a University in 1980 under the
centres. This uniquely poised institute
Department of Science and Technology,
has a dedicated team of clinicians,
Govt. of India by an Act of Parliament
scientists and engineers devoted to
(Act 52 of 1980). Padmavibhushan Dr
high quality biomedical research and
M S Valiathan, a famous cardiothoracic
developing technologies in health care
surgeon of India was the founder-
with emphasis on cardiovascular and
director of the institute.
neurological diseases.
The joint culture of medicine and
The institute strives to achieve its vision
more than three decades ago has come of
age
and
acceptance
June 2022
and for
metamorphosed into an Institute of
technology that the institute pioneered
34
wing
Centre
in
gained India.
unprecedented The
Excellent
research
and
by becoming a global leader in medical devices
development,
high
quality
patient care and health sciences studies.
institute
The mission of the institute is to
focuses on patient care of high quality,
promote research and development in
technology development of industrial
biomedical engineering and technology.
significance and health research studies
Based on this mission one of the
