FDA suspends licence of Pune’s Metro Blood Bank; 10 district blood centres face action

FDA suspended licence of Pune’s Metro Blood Bank at Aundh District Hospital for serious violations in technical supervision, blood component processing, sterility testing, and record maintenance.

Between April and June 2026, 10 blood centres in Pune district had their licences suspended, the highest in Maharashtra.

Metro Blood Bank's approved technical supervisor resigned in March 2025, but blood component separation allegedly continued without an approved replacement.

Violations included missing blood component records, failure to conduct mandatory sterility tests on 1% of platelet apheresis units prepared in 2025, uncoded blood bags, and autoclaving without temperature-recording facilities.

Metro Blood Bank supplies blood components to hospitals across Pune district.