“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday” ~ Pearl Buck.

“Curiosity and necessity are always the main ingredients in great discoveries. By researching the functions and analysing the human body, man was able to discover very important techniques that are still used today in order to minimize pain and prolong life. One of these was the discovery of the composition of blood and its’ importance in saving lives” (Balzan, 2012).

 The following pages contain information from the mentioned research. The Maltese blood bank history is updated yearly, using information gathered from the National Blood Transfusion Service annual reports.