Bishnu Shrestha: Heroism Personified
On September 2, 2010, then 35-year-old Shrestha, a retired Gurkha soldier in the Indian army, was on his way to Nepal after retiring from his Gurkha soldier military service whilst 15-40 armed robbers attacked the train in which he was travelling. The group robbed the passengers of their portable valuables (like money, jewellery, cellular phones and laptops). He intervened using his Khukuri knife when the robbers tried to steal the jewelry of a mother and her 8-year-old daughter and attempted to rape an 18 year-old girl who pleaded for his help.
Lot’s of Blood Drives, Republic Day and Fighting Shortage in Bidar: Busy January 2013
Blood Donation Drives
We conducted 6 blood donation drives in the month, collecting 748 units of blood.
The Ups and Downs at the Thal Day Care
Though the stories of achievement and growth have their exceptional charm - sometimes the story of mere survival itself looks interesting enough to be shared. Here we share with you the roller coaster ride we had managing the Day Care Centre for thalassemia.
Camp in Wheels
A dream came true for the volunteers of Sankalp as we organized blood donation drive in a Blood Mobile on 9th-10th Jan 2013.
IIT-Madras ready for mass production of artificial blood
CHENNAI: IIT-Madras scientists have blood on their hands - and nobody is complaining. A team of scientists from the department of engineering design has been successful in creating enough red blood cells from stem cells to be used as 'artificial blood' in people who need transfusion.