Bangalore was happy to host the second annual conference of Indian Society for Transfusion Medicine from September 13-15 2013. The conference brought together the experts in the field of transfusion medicine from across the nation. It was a great opportunity to learn and share. The conference was packed with engaging scientific talks, paper presentations and debates. The program was very well received by the participants and ended up as a grand success.
Sankalp's emergency team works round the clock to help those who fail to find blood off the shelf. A major responsibility of the team is to coordinate the availability of Bombay blood group. The work of the team is highly eventful. Here we share some major events from the last month relating to Bombay blood group.
24 August 2013, Bangalore. A new thalassemia day care centre - 'Project Samraksha' an initiative of RashtrotthanaParishat supported by Sankalp India Foundation. Mrs.
In the summer months from March to July, Sankalp India Foundation organised for close to 5000 units being collected over the state in voluntary blood donation drives.
The month of August generally has a good stock in blood banks. Good number of blood donation drives are regularly organized on the occasion of Independence Day. However, there is still scope for doing more camps as all blood banks are not filled. Sankalp pitched in and organized 8 drives to tackle this shortage. A total of 293 units were collected in the month of August.
Bombaybloodgroup.org has been bustling with activity in the last few months. It is the platform for the vibrant Bombay blood group community of our nation. Through rational use of blood, technology, networking and most importantly, timely and judicious blood donations, the community has been actively managing the numerous blood requests which it is getting from all over the globe.
