May 2013, Vol 3, Issue 5

16 April 2014, Mumbai
 

Blood Donation Drives outside Bangalore

Blood Donation Drive at Lingarajappa College Of Engineering, Bidar.

High dose of human recombinant erythropoietin two days pre-op benefits cardiac surgery patients

WEDNESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- A single high dose of human recombinant erythropoietin (HRE) administered two days before cardiac surgery is associated with reduced need for transfused blood, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, held from May 4 to 8 in Minneapolis.

Sankalp has indeed come a long way when it comes to organizing voluntary blood donation camps across the state of Karnataka. With more than six years of experience in organizing camps, let's see what the donors had to say when they donated blood in our drives-

Sankalp India Foundation did not take roots in a personal tragedy. It was not like someone faced an intense situation on a particular occasion and decided to do something. Sankalp was born as a result of the massive unrest that resides in us. The unrest which arises from the state of things around us. When we see the way the world works around us, with all it's imperfections, prejudice, injustice, corruption and so on, we do tend to get agitated. There is a small rebel inside us which wants a change.

I want to wish the little kids with thalassemia a happy day and I want to mean it too.

Today is the world thalassemia day. All over the world organisations and individuals are celebrating this occasion. It did occur to me that having been involved with thalassemia for 2 years now - maybe we too should celebrate this day.

Rural India is filled with examples where one man's vision and hard-work have accomplished seemingly impossible dreams.