Blood Bank Staff:
Contact Blood Bank staff on 03 364 0310 or Christchurch Hospital ext 80310

Blood Bank is open 24 hours a day

Blood Bank is located Lower Ground Floor, Parkside East, Christchurch Hospital

Transfusion Nurse Specialist:
Contact Susan Mercer (NZBS / Canterbury DHB Transfusion Nurse Specialist) on telephone (03) 364 1620, mobile 021 577 532, email: Susan.Mercer@cdhb.health.nz or Susan.Mercer@nzblood.co.nz

Transfusion Medicine Specialist:
Office hours:

• Dr Gustavo Duarte tel: (03) 343 9116 or 021 655 219
• Dr Krishna Badami tel: (03) 343 9052 or 027 231 1571
• Transfusion Medicine Registrar: 027 232 6556

Out of hours: call Blood Bank on extension 80310 to speak with the Transfusion Medicine Specialist on call

Haematologists: Haematologists employed by Canterbury DHB are available through an on call roster. To consult with the Haematologist call the telephone operator.

NZBS Transfusion Nurse Specialist group

Left to Right: Richard Charlewood (co-ordinator), Liz Thrift (MidCentral), Graeme Sykes (Counties Manukau), Fiona King (Capital & Coast), Susan Mercer (Canterbury), Suzi Rishworth (Southern), Esther Cramer-Hamelink (Northland), Jomyn Diedericks (Waitemata), Christopher Corkery (Waikato), Soyoung Choi Maxwell (Auckland)