January 2014, Vol 4, Issue 1
News and updates: December 2013
Let us see what December had in store for us at Sankalp.
Emergency Wing
With most of the request getting handled at the Disha helpline, the emergency team handled 26 emergency requests this month out of which 14 were for negative groups. Interestingly, more half of these requests were from outside Bangalore.
Emergency Team - the roads taken
Sankalp started 10 years back with the intent to help people who are facing difficulty arranging for blood in emergencies. That responsibility now rests with the emergency team of the organisation. In those days the challenge was to organise for blood for the patients who were sent out of the blood banks to look for donors. Replacement requests, negative group requests and seasonal shortages kept us busy. Those were the days when an AB-ve request was considered a challenge. Then came the era of single donor platelets.
How Prepared Are We To Handle Adverse Reactions & Emergencies In Blood Donation Drives?
Although blood donation is a safe and well established procedure, certain blood donors face an adverse reaction either during or post donation. The severity of such reactions varies from person to person. However, a general pattern of the nature can be drawn. Such reactions may discourage these donors from donating again.
Online Blood Donor Databases - Philanthropy or Business
Internet and social media is touching all areas of life. How could blood banking remain untouched. Numerous blood donor registries have mushroomed with claims to provide easy access to blood donors at the time of need. Fancy solutions making intelligent use of social media and vicinity based search have been in the news. Promoted by individuals coming from prestigious academic institutions and decorated by national and international awards and recognitions, these solutions appear promising.
Capacity Building Meeting for Thalassemia in India organised at Delhi
The Thalassemia International Federation(T.I.F.) in association with Federation of India Thalassemiacs(F.I.T.) organised a workshop on 17-18 December 2013 in New Delhi. The workshop was aimed at capacity building the patients/parents support groups and help the groups in India formulate a clear strategy towards improving and supporting national and state efforts for better control of thalassaemia. Representatives of 7 states namely Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra attended the workshop.
Remembering Netaji - Personifying The Sense Of Responsibility
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was a tireless worker, who chalked out his own unique but highly effective and efficient methods to drive the oppressive British out of Inida. Apart from being the worker he was, he had a great sense of pride and a attached a deep sense of responsibility and commitment to the challenges that lay before him. In this speech named Order Of the Day delivered by Netaji on August 26, 1943, he simply has personified the sense of responsibility of a leader.