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.  In such scenarios the blood available off the shelf coming from voluntary blood donors becomes useless for the patient. This also encourages the practice of replacement blood donation. 

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. In order to understand the situation better, the volunteers visited that ward in 2010.  They were confronted with children who had hemoglobin of 3-6 gm/dl. Someone explained to the volunteers that the children were suffering from thalassemia.

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.

Rakta Kranti - the news from the blood donation drives

After the busy summer months of organising a huge number of camps, Sankalp slowed down the pace in August. During the month of August, plenty of organisations plan for blood donation drives due to Independence Day. Degree colleges would also have started classes and many of them plan for drives.

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.