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
March 2016, Volume 6 Issue 3
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%.
They gave us freedom - let us deserve it!
Being born is a free nation, receiving great education and not having to worry about staying alive already is more blessing than what vast majority of human beings enjoy. It’s sort of a power - a power which comes with a bit of responsibility as well.
By the way, whose responsibility is it?
Over the 9 years of Sankalp Rakta Kranti, the policy of selecting a blood bank for a drive has been the willingness of the institution to adhere to working standards as mandated by NACO and Drug Controller Gazette, transparency in making units available to any patient on need and most importantly give donors a conducive environment to spur them on to become regular voluntary blood donor for life.
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.