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Disha has now started taking in regular updates from the blood banks situated outside Bangalore. There are now 17 blood banks aligned with Disha. The indication of “the calm before the storm” as one of our volunteers addressed this situation; Disha had number of calls which rose up to 25 in a single day of which 8 calls were routed to Sankalp Emergency Wing.

Battling the impending shortage during the summer, Rakta Kranti Companies continue organizing regular blood donation drives in companies. Through this month most of the blood banks in the city had good stocks of blood. But when the stocks were less, the blood donation drives were organized then.

It is correctly said that the children of today are the citizens of tomorrow. The culture and principles that adopt during their childhood is what they follow throughout their lives. Thus acknowledging this fact and planning to make these young minds know that voluntary blood donation is good and a necessary action to eradicate the blood shortage Rakta Kranti schools started its work.

Sankalp has been busy all through the month of February. And the mother wing of Sankalp is no different. The number of blood requests in the entire month is 27. It includes 4 out station requests and 2 aphaeresis requests. Though most of them we resolved without donations got done, around 4 of the requests were satisfied by getting donations done.