Why Bombay Blood Group is named so?
Most of us are not aware about such blood group’s existence. Bombay blood group is named so because the first case was found in Bombay (now Mumbai), the financial capital of India. It is believed that this blood group resulted from gene mutation in Indian population and slowly was spread all over the world.
Last month total of 13 Bombay blood group requests for 16 units. 2 units were found available off the shelf while 7 donations happened. Other units managed by systematic planning and use of alternatives to blood transfusion therapy.
Bangalore was happy to host the second annual conference of Indian Society for Transfusion Medicine from September 13-15 2013. The conference brought together the experts in the field of transfusion medicine from across the nation. It was a great opportunity to learn and share. The conference was packed with engaging scientific talks, paper presentations and debates. The program was very well received by the participants and ended up as a grand success.
Sankalp's emergency team works round the clock to help those who fail to find blood off the shelf. A major responsibility of the team is to coordinate the availability of Bombay blood group. The work of the team is highly eventful. Here we share some major events from the last month relating to Bombay blood group.
औरंगाबाद। नाशिक के अस्पताल में भर्ती एक महिला का संघर्ष अनूठा है। लिवर की बीमारी से जूझ रही इस महिला को ब्लड चाहिए। लेकिन उन्हें ब्लड देने लायक १७९ लोग ही हैं देश में। इस समूह का नाम है बॉम्बे ब्लड ग्रुप। जानिए, आशा राजेंद्र सोनवणे का ब्लड क्यों अनूठा है...
Bombaybloodgroup.org has been bustling with activity in the last few months. It is the platform for the vibrant Bombay blood group community of our nation. Through rational use of blood, technology, networking and most importantly, timely and judicious blood donations, the community has been actively managing the numerous blood requests which it is getting from all over the globe.
Usually whenever Sankalp receives blood requests on the helpline, the request gets fulfilled within a week unless operation is scheduled for a later date. But in this one request, the heart surgery of a 9 year old girl was postponed 3 times in 6 months due to various reasons.
Venue: Neurocentre Seminar Hall, NIMHSANS, Bangalore
It’s been a year since we decided to get to build this very special community. It has been an eventful journey with several good things to share.
ISBTI Karnataka organised the annual CME at VIMS Bellary on 23-34 February 2013. Sankalp India Foundation was invited to give a talk on "Our Experience With Bombay Blood Group". The CME coincided with the first ever international transfer of Bombay Blood Group organised by the organisation. The CME gave the organisation an opportunity to share with the blood banking community of Karnataka, the work done, the essential learning and the roadmap to take care of Bombay Blood Group need in specific and rare blood groups in general.
BANGALORE: A 70-year-old from Istanbul in Turkey needed blood and help came from Bangalore. Ahmed, while undergoing medical tests, was found to have Bombay O+ blood group.
BHOPAL: In a first of its kind case in India, a tribal woman in Madhya Pradesh has been found to have the rare blood group, Para-Bombay B.
She is the fourth person in the country to have the rare blood group of Para-Bombay and first in India identified to have the blood group, Para-Bombay B, doctors in Madhya Pradesh government-run Jay Arogya Hospital (JAH) in Gwalior disclosed to this newspaper on Wednesday.
