April 2008: Rakta Kranti and CTC Disha
Rakta Kranti:
Sankalp BDO activities
Rakta Kranti:
Yesterday was ma first blood donation, and i felt that i did something amazing.
donating blood is the Ultimate way to feel good about yourself .
The phase 0 of CTC Disha has been completed. 13 govt hospitals visited. The volunteers being primarily engg students had only saturdays to effectively spread the information to the hospitals.
Already the calls from these hospitals for blood have started to come. Two of these hospitals have agreed to participate by sharing their blood stocks. All this happened in just 2 weeks!
After about a year since Rakta Kranti-colleges was started, there was a breakthrough this week through Sapthagiri College. The volunteers put forth the message of blood to the students throughout the week, which was the "Blood Awareness Week". Please share your experinces about this week.
Did it open your eyes to the reality?
Should a donor be promised blood for free in case of need?
Time and again a debate about this promise of free blood to the patient and his/her primary relatives pops up in the blood donor community. The issue arises from the incentive that few blood banks in the country give in the form of a time bound assurance to provide blood free of cost to the person who donates blood and his/her primary relatives.
Reduce the chance of heart diseases
I came to Calcutta a day after a bandh was called and will be leaving a day after a bandh was called to protest against the Nandigram issue. Lot of people have been asking me what's wrong with Calcutta and the reason for which the general public and business is being affected. Is it an extended Diwali vacation??
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