Last month total of 13 Bombay blood group requests for 16 units. 2 units were found available off the shelf while 7 donations happened. Other units managed by systematic planning and use of alternatives to blood transfusion therapy.
Let us see the events as they unfolded in the month of October.
Sankalp organized 9 blood donation drives in October collecting 777 units in Bangalore.
The question that we must ask ourselves: Are we selecting the right donors?
On 30th October 2013, Dr Nalini Ambady, a Stanford professor of Indian origin succumbed to leukaemia after a yearlong fight with the disease.
Dr Prasanna, the Blood Bank Medical Officer of Victoria Hospital, Bangalore had a hard time in the last week of October. As many as 5 different individuals/organizations wanted to organize a blood donation drive on 1 November - the day of Kannada Rajyotsava. The Medical Officer says that despite him requesting some of them to reschedule the drives to a later date; none were even considering it. Emotions related to the day ran high. Eventually the blood bank agreed to do one drive and informed the others that they were currently too busy and sufficiently stocked!.
