When nine families began their journey towards cure
23rd March Bangalore
From transfusions to transplant - how a five-year-old girl defeated Thalassemia
Rupavathi is a little more than five years old. She lived with her family in a small village near Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. Her father worked as a coolie who helped in mason work locally. Her mother was a house wife. Rupavathi was diagnosed with thalassemia when she was one year old.
The local doctor referred her to the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health in Bengaluru.
Things to do before labelling a patient with haemoglobinpathy
At the time of patient enrollment, we doctors collect history and the diagnosis report to confirm haemoglobinpathy. But few of them would have misplaced the report or would not have collected their reports from the previous hospitals which they had visited. Under these circumstances, what are the next steps? Dr.
Workshop on management and cure of Thalassemia
A 2 day hands on program for health care professionals involved in thalassemia management
24-25th February, Bangalore
Widespread anemia - can something be done?
By timely intervention we may save a lot of complications and transfusions.
In our blood donation drives these days we have begun to capture details of deferrals to analyze and assess the reasons in greater detail. But even before that there's one trend that is pretty obvious and quite disturbing.
News and Updates from February 2016
Rakta Kranti: The Blood Revolution
A total of 7 drives were organised. 453 units of blood were collected. 15 donors had an adverse reaction which is about 3.3% of total donations. The deferral rate was 10.65%.
They gave us freedom - let us deserve it!
Being born is a free nation, receiving great education and not having to worry about staying alive already is more blessing than what vast majority of human beings enjoy. It’s sort of a power - a power which comes with a bit of responsibility as well.
By the way, whose responsibility is it?
Over the 9 years of Sankalp Rakta Kranti, the policy of selecting a blood bank for a drive has been the willingness of the institution to adhere to working standards as mandated by NACO and Drug Controller Gazette, transparency in making units available to any patient on need and most importantly give donors a conducive environment to spur them on to become regular voluntary blood donor for life.