In India the demand for fresh blood units especially in case of cardiac surgeries has been a major challenge for the voluntary blood donation program. Though vast majority of associated clinicians agree that there is no need for so called fresh blood units but still the hospitals involved in cardiac surgeries continue to demand 'fresh' units.
On November 14, 2011 Sankalp's India foundation supported the first thalassemia day center at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore. Cerebrating 3 years of fight against thalassemia.
Sankalp is committed to the cause of ensuring no one dies due to lack of blood. We follow high standards of quality monitoring. We realized that we were receiving unusually high no of repeated blood requests from a ward in a Govt. Hospital. Additionally, the patients for whom blood was required were also the same.
They say change is the only constant thing. We believe in changing for the better. As soon as we have the goal in sight, it is time for review, learning and then set ourselves to achieve the next higher goal.
The following are the highlights of the activities at the Thalassemia Prevention, Management and Cure Program of Sankalp India Foundation for the month of August.
After the busy summer months of organising a huge number of camps, Sankalp slowed down the pace in August.
On 13th September 2014, Disha the blood help-line will be celebrating the 8th year of continuous service. Since the launch on the evening of 13th September 2006 at the Raj Bhawan by the then governor of Karnatataka Sh. T N Chaturvedi, the help-line has grown into a reliable, single window access to blood for all parts of Karnataka.
As we crossed the milestone of 50,000 units of blood collected in our blood donation drives, it's the occasion of celebration of the spirit of voluntary blood donation.
We would like to thank and congratulate all the organisations who trusted us and supported us by regularly organising blood donation drives.
