News and Updated for March 2016
Here are the events and updates from the month of March.
April 2016, Volume 6 Issue 4
State level Consultation on Status of Thalassemia and Other Hemoglobinopthies in Karnataka organised
"State level Consultation on Status of Thalassemia and Other Hemoglobinopthies in Karnataka" was organised by Sankalp India Foundation with the major thalassemia centers in Bangalore as co-hosts on 9th of March 2016 at Rashtrotthana Parishat, Bengaluru.
Bulk transfer of blood between blood banks of all sectors permitted by NBTC
World bank data on maternal mortality shows that even in 2011-2015 we had 174 in every 100,000[1] women dying because of pregnancy related causes. We contribute to the highest number of maternal deaths globally and stand at the 127th position in the world on maternal mortality ratio.
When nine families began their journey towards cure
23rd March Bangalore
From transfusions to transplant - how a five-year-old girl defeated Thalassemia
Rupavathi is a little more than five years old. She lived with her family in a small village near Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. Her father worked as a coolie who helped in mason work locally. Her mother was a house wife. Rupavathi was diagnosed with thalassemia when she was one year old.
The local doctor referred her to the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health in Bengaluru.
Things to do before labelling a patient with haemoglobinpathy
At the time of patient enrollment, we doctors collect history and the diagnosis report to confirm haemoglobinpathy. But few of them would have misplaced the report or would not have collected their reports from the previous hospitals which they had visited. Under these circumstances, what are the next steps? Dr.