Project Samraksha, the Thalassemia Day Care Centre at Rashtrotthana Parishat celebrated the World Thalassemia Day on the 8th May 2016. The event was eagerly awaited and carefully planned by the children themselves.
Sankalp India Foundation together with KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College start a thalassemia day care centre in Belgaum
Sankalp Program for Thalassemia Management took a leap forward on 5th May 2016 with the inauguration of the 'Jai Shivshakti Center for Thalassemia Management' at KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum. The centre was inaugurated by Dr Lawrence Faulkner, who has been our guide, strength and inspiration.
"The 13th Anniversary Program of Sankalp India Foundation was celebrated at Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital Auditorium on 21 May 2016."
The event was an occasion for everyone involved to get together, review the work done in the last year, plan for the year to come and thank those who made it possible.
Indira Gandhi Institute of child Health celebrated the World Thalassemia Day on 29 April 2016
28 April 2016 , Bangalore
The Thalassemia Day Care Centre at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health celebrated the World Thalassemia Day on the 28th April 2016. The event saw enthusiastic participation of the patient families and the medical team alike.
“Bulk transfer of blood between blood banks of all sectors permitted by NBTC” was published in the Volume 6 Issue 4 of Sankalp Patrika. The good news is that at least the State Government of Karnataka has accepted the guideline issues by NBTC in its totality in the Second Meeting of the Technical Expert Committee of KSBTC help on 11 March 2016. This is great news for the blood banks in the state.
As little children, we all looked forward eagerly to the summer holidays. For the team at Project Samraksha and the school-going children who come for treatment there, the anticipation for the summer holidays is just the same, however for a different reason. We plan to make use of every holiday season to give deferoxamine infusion to the children who are not responding sufficiently to oral chelators. Deferoxamine infusion can be very effective in controlling iron levels in the body.
