Sankalp e-Patrika, May 2008, Volume 14, No. 1
Next time you are travelling by a BMTC Bus, you are very likely to see the life saving mantra - "Looking for Blood - Dial 080-1062 (in Karnataka)". You are very likely to see college students keenly tying red bands around their arms proclaiming to be a Life Saver. Not to forget the Brand New PCs which are coming their way. People from all parts of town are helping the city battle with teh summer shortage by organizing camps. read more to know it all :)
It is impossible to move around the city in search of blood with the existing traffic congestion. Even though the details of the blood banks are available, it is very difficult to know if the required blood group is available in the required number of units. By the time all these details are estimated in each and every blood bank, there are chances of risking the patient's life uring an emergency. To sort out these problems, a joint initiative of Sankalp India Foundation and Comprehensive Trauma Consortium introduce a centralised blood helpline number (080) 1062. It is an information centre which provides the blood availability information via a single number throughout the city.
While the world is busy with its own things, Sankalp volunteers are busy in their own way. This time, by designing two new websites (Blood de India and Team red) having specific roles. Blood de India, is a website, which aims to have all the donors all over the country access one site for anything related to blood donation. Team red, is another site for all volunteers from all organizations and institutions, where the blood donation drive occurs, to have a common platform for discussions of the same and other related issues. Both the websites are still under development. Details will soon be given :)
"It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small," she said.
"Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor," I responded.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation - nothing extraordinary,
but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.