Blood Mobile on the Way
NEW DELHI: Not being able to make it to a blood donation camp? Don't worry. A state-of-the-art blood collection bus could soon park at your doorstep.
Blood Donation Organization
Sankalp BDO activities
August 2010: First anniversary of Disha Karnataka Helpline and Dengue..
Currently, according to the Annual plan of Sankalp, most of our working wings tend to relax and come out of the execution semester and gear up for the planning semester. But, this year, the situation is such that, execution is still on the highest priority leaving less time for planning.
How To Know If You Have Dengue? What To Do Then?
As we head into the season where fever and common cold would be an everday part and parcel in homes, we also need to keep a watch on a few aspects just to be sure we are not affected by Dengue Fever. Here is a look at the symptoms and other related aspects of dengue fever.
Symptoms
The principal symptoms of dengue are:
Thalassemia
Thalassemia is a medical condition that requires the patient in some cases to undergo many blood trnsfusions. Many children are affected from this condition. The disease is a genetically inherited and is very prevalent in India. The article intends to give the reader a brief overview of Thalassemia
What is Thalassemia?
Nutritional advice for anemic who wish to be blood donors
Sankalp has been organizing plenty of blood donation drives in the past few years. Thousands of donors have donated blond. However there is always a small section of people who don not get to donate blood. Many of them specially ladies are anemic and hence not eligible for blood donation. It is determined by the amount of Hemoglobin present in the blood.
Workshop on Blood Components
Sankalp India Foundation, NIMHANS and ISBTI (Indian Society For Blood Transfusion and Immuno Hematology), Karnataka will organise a 2 day workshop on blood components for blood bank officers and technicians from all across the state of Karnataka. The workshop will focus on the need for effective usage of blood components and will include talks by leading transfusion specialists of the country. Live sessions will further enhance the importance of the workshop for technicians who are involved in component separation, apheresis donations etc.
Donating Blood is safe
Few of us are not very convinced with the fact that Donating blood is a very safe process. Various myths along with the lack of awareness amongst the people contribute to the unwillingness to donate blood. Here we will discuss some of the common reasons why blood donation is a very safe procedure.
Myth: As needle is involved in the process, one may contract AIDS or related disease:
Haemoglobin Test
Every time you walk into a blood donation drive organized by Sankalp, one of the pre donation measures adopted is a Hemoglobin test. Do you know what is it all about? Read on to know the value of that little prick on your finger before the actual donation.
