Red Cross Bhawan, I R C Village

Red Cross Bhawan is the Indian Red Cross Society's premises at IRC Village in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It is a humanitarian organisation rather than a hospital, and the health services it provides reflect that.Its blood bank collects and supplies blood, which for patients and families is usually the reason to come here: blood for surgery, for obstetric emergencies and for conditions such as thalassaemia that need regular transfusion. A first aid and ambulance service operates alongside.The branch also runs professional first aid training, disaster preparedness and response programmes, water, sanitation and hygiene awareness work, nutrition and food education, and sustainable livelihood support. Odisha is among the states most exposed to cyclone and flood, and disaster preparedness here is practical work rather than an abstraction.Red Cross Bhawan is open from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. It is located near Canara Bank, Unit 4, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar 751022. The site is reachable from Nayapalli, Jayadev Vihar, Saheed Nagar and the city centre.