IMA Blood Bank Complex and Research Center is a joint project of IMA, Thrissur and the District Panchayat, Thrissur under People’s Plan Programme.   The project  is run by a core group of  eminently  qualified  and  experienced  doctors  of  Thrissur.  An organization called Janakeeya  Samithy  (Arogyam),  Thrissur  has been  registered  under  Charitable  Societies Act to establish and run the center. The complex is a state of the art Blood Bank institute with facilities for component  separation, Transfusion  Wards, Exhibition and Library facilities.

IMA BBC & RC is situated at Thrissur, the geographical center of Kerala. The immediate beneficiaries of this facility will be the people of three districts i.e.Thrissur, Palakkad, and Malappuram;  The approximate area of  which will be about 100 square kilometers and the total population over  seven million people.

Even though the processing cost of the blood is intended to be charged from the user, a great part of the population are given subsidy or even free services. This section is estimated to comprise about 60% of the population; i.e. over four million people. In addition to this, since the facilities available at this center hardly exist anywhere else in Kerala, the whole population of the state will be long-term beneficiaries.


This Blood Bank Complex Is being managed chiefly by the Thrissur branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). IMA is the largest NGO of doctors in India with over 1500 branches located all over the country. It was established way back in 1928. Its main involvement is in the continuing medical education of the doctors and the health related problems of the people. This project has been approved and is being helped by the Thrissur District panchayat. This is essentially a people’s project, to be established and run

on a self sustaining basis.