When a dog in Delhi needs blood, the hospital treating them is your first call. Blood has to be typed or cross-matched and the donor has to be screened, so a bag or a dog offered by a kind stranger is only useful once a veterinary team says it is safe for this patient.

Delhi has one hospital with its own donor programme, open 24 hours, in Rohini. One more clinic lists transfusions, and a chain with two all-night clinics does too. None of them promises blood on the shelf, so a transfusion here can still mean finding a donor dog that day.

If your dog needs blood now

Ask the hospital four questions, then look for a donor that fits what the vet asked for.

Call the hospital treating your dog and ask:

  1. Does my dog need whole blood, packed red cells or plasma?
  2. Can you transfuse here, and have you typed or cross-matched my dog?
  3. Do you have blood or registered donors available now?
  4. If not, which Delhi hospital should I call next?

If the hospital needs a donor, ask your society group, your dog-walking friends and local dog groups for a dog that fits what the vet said. Most requests are for a healthy, vaccinated dog between one and eight years old, and the bigger the better: a Labrador, a German Shepherd, a Golden Retriever or a large Indie.

Keep the hospital as the meeting point. Don't arrange a private collection, don't move blood between homes, and don't post your home address or your dog's medical records in public groups.

Who to call in Delhi

A 24-hour hospital in Rohini with its own donors, a clinic in Anand Niketan, and two all-night chain clinics.

  • Doggy World in Rohini Sector 8 does blood typing, cross-matching and transfusions for dogs and cats, and keeps its own network of donor dogs so blood is to hand when a patient needs it. This centre takes emergencies 24 hours. Its transfusion page gives +91 92179 00162.
  • Dr Choudhary's Pet Clinic in Anand Niketan lists blood transfusion among its special facilities. It is open 10 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm, so it is not a night option.
  • Vetic lists blood transfusion among its emergency services in Delhi, without naming a clinic. Two of its Delhi clinics are open 24 hours, in Greater Kailash 1 and Dwarka Sector 17. The rest open 10 am to 8 pm. The number on the cards is Vetic's emergency line, which directs you to the nearest open clinic.

Phone and ask "can you transfuse a dog today?" before you move yours.

If none of them can help, Gurugram has a 24-hour hospital with a donor registry and four more clinics that list transfusions. They are in our Gurugram blood guide.

Other hospitals may transfuse without saying so on their websites, so always ask the one treating your dog.

Before you offer a donor dog

Use the national rules as a starting point. The hospital makes the final decision.

India's 2025 animal blood-transfusion guidelines say a canine donor should be one to eight years old, clinically healthy, calm, vaccinated against major infections including rabies, regularly dewormed, and free of tick-borne disease. A female donor must not be pregnant or recently lactating. The document gives different minimum weights for small, medium and large breeds, so a forwarded "25 kg minimum" message is not a national rule.

The same guidelines require a health exam, medical-history review and blood screening before donation. They give 15 to 20 ml per kg as the safe collection range and at least one to two hours of observation afterwards. Compatibility testing is a veterinary decision: the document notes that cross-matching is not normally required before a dog's first transfusion, but recommends it after a previous transfusion. Let the treating vet decide what this patient needs.

To join Delhi's published donor network, call Doggy World and ask about its blood donor programme.

Common questions

Quick answers to what people ask most.

Is there a dog blood bank in Delhi?

Not a walk-in one. Doggy World in Rohini Sector 8 keeps its own network of donor dogs and takes emergencies 24 hours. Call +91 92179 00162 first. Dr Choudhary's Pet Clinic in Anand Niketan and Vetic also list transfusions.