Dashrath Manjhi was born into a poor labourer family in Gahlour village near Gaya in Bihar, India.He is also known as Mountain Man. Manjhi's wife, Falguni Devi, died due to lack of medical treatment because the nearest town with a doctor was 70 kilometres away from their village in Bihar, India.
Let’s have a look at the major events that took place in the month of May
This years World Blood Donor's Day on June 14 is a little special. It is the 10th anniversary of WBDD. Let's take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every blood donor. It is because of these heroes, that we believe life will be given a better chance. Thank You Dear Blood Donors!.
Medical Conditions and blood donation
As per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and guidelines from national blood transfusion council the medical conditions mentioned for deferral is vague and incomplete and hence the medical officer has got the discretion to take or defer donation based on recent developments in modern medicine.
According to Dr Sunder Periyavan, Additional Professor, Officer in charge, Transfusion Medicine Center, NIMHANS, Bangalore -
Recently doctors in Chennai have successfully transplanted a child with cancer from his mother's stem cells in the first Haploidentical transplant of the country. This news definitely brings cheers to the numerous families who are suffering from one or the other disorder that can be cured only by transplants. In India, it is extremely difficult to find a donor for a person who needs a transplant because of the very limited number of people who have enrolled so far in bone marrow registries.
Vikram is the first ever recipient of Haploidentical transplant in the country
When a 10-year-old has cancer, the boy’s family and doctors obviously have to do everything under the sun to find a cure for him. That is what parents and doctors of Vikram (name changed) of Madurai did. The hunt was on to find a 100 per cent matching donor, and when that failed, they found one that was a half match.
Vikram got a bone marrow transplant with a 50 per cent match from his mother. He survives to tell the tale today, speaking over a surgical mask.
The fact that there is shortage of blood during summers is well established. Year after year scores of blood bankers complain about the lack of blood donation drives during the months of April-June. How can this trend be changed? Offering incentives to people if they donate blood?
