Agency Name: | State of Kuwait Central Blood Bank |
Nativename: | بنك الدم المركزي |
Headquarters: | Jabriya, Hawalli |
Chief1 Name: | Rana Al-Abdulrazzak |
Chief1 Position: | Director of Medical and Donor Affairs |
Chief2 Name: | FOUNDER |
Chief2 Position: | Abdulaziz Al-Bashir |
Parent Agency: | Ministry of Health |
Website: | http://www.kcbb.org/ |
Kuwait Central Blood Bank is the only blood bank in Kuwait being operated by the government. It is located in Jabriya behind Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital.
It was established and founded on 25 May 1965 by Abdulaziz Al-Bashir,[1] haematologist.[2] 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.[2]