Centre Saifee Rd, Block F, North Nazimabad, Karachi

021-36644490 SBTA Registered
Burhani Blood Bank & Thalassaemia Centre

What the centre does

Screened blood for transfusion, a dedicated thalassaemia centre, and the awareness work that reduces the next generation of patients.

  • Screened blood for transfusion

    Whole blood issued against a request, tested for the full mandatory panel before it leaves the bank.

  • Thalassaemia transfusion centre

    Around 200 patients on a regular transfusion schedule, with beds at the centre.

  • Iron chelation support

    Desferal injections and infusion pumps provided for iron overload control.

  • Awareness seminars

    Regular public programmes on thalassaemia and voluntary blood donation.

  • Pre-marital screening advocacy

    Sindh law makes the test compulsory. The centre promotes and explains it.

  • Need a service that isn’t listed?

    Call the desk — the centre coordinates with Saifee Hospital next door.

    021-36644490

The screening panel

Every donated unit is tested for these five before it is issued. The panel is not ours to choose — it is set by the Sindh Safe Blood Transfusion Act 2017, and every licensed bank in the province runs it.

Infection Why it is on the panel
HIV Carried in blood, and a newly infected donor feels perfectly well. It is the unit that has to be tested, not the person asked.
Hepatitis B Can sit in the liver for years without a single symptom. A carrier may never know.
Hepatitis C Usually silent until the liver is already scarred, and common enough in Pakistan that no unit can be assumed clear.
Syphilis Curable, and easy to miss — it spends long stretches with no symptom at all while still showing in the blood.
Malaria Endemic here, and it travels in the red cells themselves. Someone who has recovered from an attack can still carry the parasite.
Donate Call desk