Khidmat Blood Bank connects a person who needs blood with donors whose blood the patient can receive. Donors are asked in turn, and a donor who has just given rests for six months before anyone calls again.
What a receiver sees
Sample
Donors who can give to the patient
offered in turn
Each donor’s number
after you give your details
Who just donated
resting, not shown
8
blood groups, each matched to the donors it can receive
6 months
of rest after a donation, before anyone calls again
48 hours
the donor list stays open for the person who asked
Why Khidmat
Most blood requests go round as a message with the same list of names. The first name on it gets every call.
01
A static list has an order. The person at the top is phoned for every request, until they stop answering, and the names at the bottom are never asked.
02
Donors who can give to the patient are offered a few at a time: the patient’s own group first, and within each group the one asked longest ago. Within a group, nobody is asked twice while others wait.
03
Mark that you donated and you leave the results for six months, the medical rest between donations. You come back automatically.
04
A donor’s number is shown only to a receiver who has given their own details first, and only for donors who agreed to be contacted.
For the patient
Your details reach only the donors we show you. They are not published.
1
Give the patient’s details
Their blood group, the hospital and your number.
2
See the donors who can give
The patient’s own group first, offered in turn.
3
Call the first
If they cannot come, call the next.
Fields marked * are required. In an emergency, call the hospital blood bank first.
For donors
Register once. You are called only when a patient who can receive your blood group needs blood, and never within six months of your last donation.
You are not called for six months after you give.
You are matched only to patients who can receive your blood group.
Your number is shown only to a person who has given their own details first.
You can pause or leave at any time.
Mark your donation and you leave the search results for six months. You will not be called in that time.
Questions
Donors of the patient’s own blood group first, then donors of other groups whose red cells the patient can safely receive (for example, O negative red cells suit every group). The hospital decides, and still tests and cross-matches the blood before it is given.
Only a person who has given us their own details and the patient’s blood group, and only if you agreed to be contacted. Your number is never published or sent round in a list.
Mark it here, or tell the person you helped to mark it. You leave the results for six months, then return automatically. You can also pause yourself at any time.
No. Khidmat connects a person in need with willing donors. Screening, testing and the donation itself happen at the hospital or blood bank, under their rules.
No. Giving blood through Khidmat is voluntary and free, and Khidmat takes no money.
