MD transfusion medicine, what exactly they do?
Make the interns wait and sign the transfusion form, if any reaction occurs they will sign that adv.reaction form too…period
It’s a very hectic branch, you won’t get leave even on gazzeted holidays, it’s not just about simple ABO blood transfusion, there are range of other antigens of various diseases which they have to check, have to work with hi tech machines and there complicated algorithms which take into account probability or error, a dynamic branch, first year transfusion residents end up loosing lot of weight by year end, if you simply love your job and don’t love the concept of holidays this is the branch for you.
Lots of variety in branch. Mainly deals with modern blood banking including immunohematology complicated cases, component preparation, therapeutic apheresis, stem cell transplantation, transplant immunology including hla and applied haematology like thalassemia and sickle cell, leukaemia diagnosis and treatment.
The director of AIIMS Bhopal is a Transfusion Medicine specialist. It is not just about working in a blood bank. Involves immunohaematology, apheresis et al. If at all you can message her and request an opinion.