Blood donation coordinator Rajat Agarwal talks about how blood collection takes place and the inevitability of some blood being unused.
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BENGALURU: There is fresh hope for the family of Noorana Khatum, mother of two girls suffering from major thalassemia.
In a country of a billion, only a few hundred people have the Bombay blood group.
At 18 months, C. Hema, now 11 years, was diagnosed with thalassemia major.
Bloodbanks and donors in Bangalore
Bengaluru: Making blood available for children with is is a growing challenge for Thalassemia care centers in the city. Normally, Thalassemia patients require 1-2 units of blood every 20 days or on a monthly basis.
एक ब्लड ग्रुप, जो देश में सिर्फ 179 लोगों में ही है
औरंगाबाद। नाशिक के अस्पताल में भर्ती एक महिला का संघर्ष अनूठा है। लिवर की बीमारी से जूझ रही इस महिला को ब्लड चाहिए। लेकिन उन्हें ब्लड देने लायक १७९ लोग ही हैं देश में। इस समूह का नाम है बॉम्बे ब्लड ग्रुप। जानिए, आशा राजेंद्र सोनवणे का ब्लड क्यों अनूठा है...
औरंगाबाद। नाशिक के अस्पताल में भर्ती एक महिला का संघर्ष अनूठा है। लिवर की बीमारी से जूझ रही इस महिला को ब्लड चाहिए। लेकिन उन्हें ब्लड देने लायक १७९ लोग ही
A Thalassemia daycare centre, 'Samraksha', was inaugurated at Rashtrotthhana Parishat on Saturday.
BANGALORE: "Though he is 21, he looks like a school boy. His growth is curtailed. There's no puberty-related growth.
The celebration is in the air on the eve of 67th Independence Day.
BANGALORE: For techie Tej Kumar, 30, donating platelets and blood is the new mission.
Sankalp India Foundation Organizes Blood Donation Drives | Set Up Thalassemia Center in 2011
Bangalore: Many years ago, a person's death due to unavailability of blood stirred the conscience of four engineering students.
BANGALORE: A 70-year-old from Istanbul in Turkey needed blood and help came from Bangalore. Ahmed, while undergoing medical tests, was found to have Bombay O+ blood group.
Bengaluru: A city-based voluntary blood donation organisation has come to the rescue of a critically ill cancer patient in Istanbul, Turkey, and helped his chances of survival by sending three units of his extremely rare blood group – Bombay blood type —from
Recently, Abhimanyu Singh (name changed), a resident of Basaveshwara Nagar was suspected of dengue fever and admitted in M S Ramaiah Hospital, one of the major hospitals in Bangalore.
