When a dog in Hyderabad 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.

Hyderabad is better served than any other city we cover. Five private hospitals that take emergencies 24 hours offer blood transfusions: one calls it a blood bank and another keeps a list of screened donor dogs. The state veterinary university runs a transfusion unit by day. None of them promises blood on the shelf, so the hospital call still comes first.

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 Hyderabad hospital should I call next?

If the hospital needs a donor, ask your apartment 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 Hyderabad

Five private hospitals that take emergencies 24 hours, and the veterinary university's unit by day.

  • Pet's Care in Jubilee Hills lists a blood bank, with blood products and transfusion support for critical cases. Both its hospitals, Jubilee Hills and Kharmanghat, are open 24 hours and take emergencies without a booking.
  • Pawfex in Jeedimetla does emergency blood and plasma transfusions and says it keeps a list of screened donor pets. It is open 24 hours for emergencies.
  • Seven Oaks offers blood transfusions with its own blood typing. Its Jubilee Hills and LB Nagar hospitals are open 24 hours. Kompally opens 9 am to 9 pm.
  • The Jupiter Pet Hospital in Serilingampally runs an Internal Medicine and Blood Transfusion Unit for dogs and cats, with blood typing and cross-matching, and 24-hour emergency care.
  • Mr.VET in Gachibowli says it is equipped to give blood transfusions in emergencies, and runs a 24-hour emergency service.
  • The Veterinary Clinical Complex at Rajendranagar is the teaching hospital of the state veterinary university. It set up an Animal Blood Transfusion Unit in 2024. It is a daytime option: out-patients from 9 am to 12 noon, and emergency treatment until 4 pm.

Two chains list transfusions without naming a branch. Vetic has 24-hour clinics in HITEC City and Secunderabad, and its other Hyderabad clinics open 10 am to 8 pm. SKS Veterinary Hospital in Madhapur opens 9 am to 9 pm. Phone the branch and ask before you count on it.

Being on this list doesn't mean blood is in stock today. Other hospitals may transfuse too, so 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 offer a donor in Hyderabad, call Pawfex about its screened-donor list or ask Pet's Care about its blood bank.

Common questions

Quick answers to what people ask most.

Is there a dog blood bank in Hyderabad?

Pet's Care in Jubilee Hills lists a blood bank and is open 24 hours. Pawfex in Jeedimetla keeps a list of screened donor dogs. The veterinary university's clinic at Rajendranagar has had a transfusion unit since 2024. None says what is in stock, so call before you travel.