January 2017, Volume 7 Issue 1

There is a time, when in life some families face lot of difficulties, struggle a lot, and then, they came over of hard time. Daiyaan's family is a perfect example of this.

Sankalp Program for Thalassemia Management is aimed at ensuring that adequate and appropriate care is provided to each child taking coming to our centres. The overall aim is to resume normalcy in their lives. A key component in this pursuit is reducing the time it takes to provide appropriate medical intervention. For individuals who need to come back for follow-up every few weeks and for patients who travel long distances to seek care, every hour saved matters a lot.

Whose responsibility is it to provision safe blood for patients in need? The patient/patient family? or the hospital/blood bank? or the blood donor/donor organizations or all of them together?

On 23 December 2016, an incredible feat was achieved when units of extremely rare Bombay Negative blood group were transported from India to Sri Lanka for a patient fighting cancer.