Anaemia is a common condition in Malaysia, and is mostly
due to iron deficiency. In many cases, allogeneic blood
transfusion (ABT) is administered unnecessarily to treat
anaemia. Patient blood management (PBM) is a concept
whereby a patient becomes his or her “own blood bank”,
instead of receiving ABT. The concept encompasses three
pillars namely optimising erythropoiesis, minimising blood
loss and harnessing human physiological reserve. We
present a safe and fruitful outcome of managing severe
anaemia without utilising any ABT, made possible with the
PBM approach including administration of intravenous iron.