Pune to get state-of-the-art Metro blood bank

During the meeting, the final pending documents required for the licences were submitted..

The Metro blood bank permission has been pending since 2012..

After a struggle of over a decade the state-of-the-art Metro Blood Bank, at Aundh District Hospital (ADH) campus is finally able to complete the compliance required to get a licence to function..

S V Pratapwar, Joint commissioner of FDA (Drug), Pune region, said, the compliance for the blood bank has been completed and the pending documents were submitted to us yesterday..

. Dr Nagnath Yempalay, civil surgeon of Pune district and head of ADH, said, Metro blood bank has been stuck in the hiccups of approvals for over a decade currently the Blood bank is only collecting and providing whole blood..