Disha
Dial 94800 44444 for blood
Sankalp India Foundation® in association with Comprehensive Trauma Consortium (CTC) proudly and happily announces "CTC Disha: The State Wide Helpline for Blood" from August 15th 2009.
Disha - the Statewide Blood Helpline Celebrates 10 years
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Information made available when required the most is often invaluable. Helplines are meant and designed to serve this purpose. Our social structure often provides helplines for a lot of prevalent problems. 10 years ago it was a surprise for our little team that there is no helpline to help in search of blood.
Bloodbanks and donors in Bangalore - Citizen Matters
Bloodbanks and donors in Bangalore
You get an emergency text message late in the night, seeking help in getting a specific blood gro
Celebrating 8 years of Disha - the blood help-line
On 13th September 2014, Disha the blood help-line will be celebrating the 8th year of continuous service. Since the launch on the evening of 13th September 2006 at the Raj Bhawan by the then governor of Karnatataka Sh. T N Chaturvedi, the help-line has grown into a reliable, single window access to blood for all parts of Karnataka.
Disha celebrates 7 years
In 2006, Karnataka became the first state in India to have a single point of contact for blood information access.
Jyothi joins Sankalp as Response Centre Executive
The Statewide Helpline for Blood has a new person taking care of it. Jyothi Crasta joined Sankalp on 24th June 2013 to manage the 'response centre'. Jyothi has done her Master Of Arts in Sociology at Christ University, Bangalore.
Disha Goes Online
Disha means direction. Disha was started with the intention to direct patients to the nearest source of safe blood. In doing so, Disha has finally started directing other teams of Sankalp as well.
5 new blood banks joined Disha
3 of the best Blood Banks from Uttara Kannada are now networked to the centralized blood helpline. Pandit Govt Hospital IMA Blood Bank (Sirsi), Shripad Hagde Kadave Blood Bank (Sirsi) and Uttara Kannada Rotary Blood Bank (Kumta) are now a part of Disha.
