When nine families began their journey towards cure
23rd March Bangalore
Sankalp News
Here are the latest news items from us.
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.
Workshop on management and cure of Thalassemia
A 2 day hands on program for health care professionals involved in thalassemia management
24-25th February, Bangalore
Widespread anemia - can something be done?
By timely intervention we may save a lot of complications and transfusions.
In our blood donation drives these days we have begun to capture details of deferrals to analyze and assess the reasons in greater detail. But even before that there's one trend that is pretty obvious and quite disturbing.
News and Updates from February 2016
Rakta Kranti: The Blood Revolution
A total of 7 drives were organised. 453 units of blood were collected. 15 donors had an adverse reaction which is about 3.3% of total donations. The deferral rate was 10.65%.
Overall survival of individuals undergoing thalassemia management at our centers
An insight into the real problems that confront thalassemia management.
Since the beginning of this century, the availability of oral chelation therapy has enhanced to opportunity to improve overall survival and quality of life of patients suffering from thalassemia.
What do we know about long-term outcomes of bone marrow transplantation for the cure of thalassemia?
- Dr. Lawrence Faulkner. Director Sankalp-People Tree Hospitals Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Bangalore, India and Medical Coordinator Cure2Children Foundation Florence, Italy.
Time for Collaboration and Cooperation
It’s just about a year since we decided to take a big step forward to work towards setting up of our bone marrow transplantation unit. In the month of February we completed the 15th transplant at our center.
Is skin branding a treatment for jaundice?
An age old practice which is harming children. - Dr Reshma Srinivas, Project Samraksha
Skin branding is a traditional practice seen in villages to treat and prevent certain diseases even today.
Follow-up on adverse events for donors
The care giving to donors does not end with the donation process.
Since 2009 volunteers of Sankalp record details of adverse events in blood donation drives. A standard form which records donor contact details, complication details is filled and maintained digitally.
News and Updates from January 2016
Sustained efforts through the winter weeks of December saw a few blood donation drives materialize in the month of January 2016. Plenty of small blood donation drives in apartments and malls were organized right through the month.