Thanks to blood donors, Kerala woman with rare Bombay blood group delivers baby
The Kottayam couple found out that Agnus had the rare blood group only when she was admitted for delivery.
Why is the Rarest Blood Group in The World Named After ‘Bombay’? Here’s The Answer
It is estimated that only 4 per million people have it in the world.
Hope for Bengaluru kids with thalassemia
BENGALURU: There is fresh hope for the family of Noorana Khatum, mother of two girls suffering from major thalassemia.
Rare blood from Karnataka saves a life in Myanmar
BENGALURU: Two units of the rare Bombay Blood Group, stored in a Davanagere blood bank, has traveled miles to Myanmar via a courier and saved the life of a 34-year-old woman who underwent a heart surgery.
Traveling 2000 km every month for 6 years - Gowtham’s families journey of cure
This is a story of a boy who is 14 year old and very smart. He belongs to a very small village of Bihar.
The safest blood - No blood!
Let’s share a scenario. A person is anemic with a Hb of 9 gm/dl and brought in for a surgical procedure. The doctors agree that the chances of bleeding are low and yet to be on a safer side they request for a unit of blood to be kept ready.
How are the transplants becoming safer - good news for patients who seek cure from thalassemia
It has been three years since the time Sankalp started the program for thalassemia cure. We started our bone marrow transplantations for patients who had a matched related donor only. Even in this selected group of patient, recent data shows that the team has achieved 95.5% disease free survival and 98.3% overall survival last year, building upon the success of previous years. Specially in the matched sibling context, the team improved disease free survival from 89.1% across the years to 98.3% for last year alone.
Voluntary Blood Donation continues to ensure shelves in blood banks are well stocked
Sankalp India Foundation have always focused on strategic planning of blood donation drives to ensure availability of blood throughout the year.
Mission “Thalassemia Free India” strengthened with the signing of MOUs to setup and strengthen day care centres
In September 2018, we took our mission for "Thalassemia Free India" further by signing up the MoUs to replicate our model of comprehensive care and management for thalassemia in more regions.