Sankalp Program for Thalassemia Management
New Sankalp Thalassemia Care Centre at Rajkot, Gujarat started
We are happy to share that Sankalp has moved to a new centre f
Power of Collaboration - A Thalassemia Care Centre is Revived
3 months ago, we received a call from one of the day care centres where we had teamed up with a blood bank to provide systematic and holistic care. While on one side were 2 people from Sankalp, on the other side there was the entire thalassemia day care team, some patients and their parents and staff from the blood bank.
Dr Charles Sklar visits us - New Chapter in handling Endorcine Complications Begins
In 2013, one morning a few weeks after the new day care cent with Rashtrotthana Parishat started, a 24-year-old girl was brought into the day care supported by 2 people. She could not walk and her skin tone seemed abnormal - thanks to the heavy iron overload.
SCN Meeting at Bangalore - June 2019
The next edition of the Sankalp-Cure2Children Network meeting for BMT was organised on 4&5 June 2019 at People Tree Hospitals, Bangalore. The two day meeting held every six months is an opportunity for our transplant teams to get together and brainstorm - contributing to the fine outcomes.
Mission “Thalassemia Free India” strengthened with the signing of MOUs to setup and strengthen day care centres
In September 2018, we took our mission for "Thalassemia Free India" further by signing up the MoUs to replicate our model of comprehensive care and management for thalassemia in more regions.
Thalassemia Day Care Centre supported by Sankalp India Foundation started at Abu Road
A new step forward has been made in our mission to ensure that children suffering from Thalassemia get proper care and management with the inauguration of the new Thalassemia Day Care Centre at RMM Global Hospital Trauma Centre at Abu Road in Rajasthan on 1st October 2018.
ThalMeet 2018 - Meeting of Thalassemia Centers Organised in Bangalore
ThalMeet 2018, the meeting of thalassemia centre who aim at harmonising Thalassemia Care and strengthen last mile delivery was organised on 21 and 22 May 2018 in Bangalore.
Sankalp Program for Thalassemia Management now reaching out directly to about 900 families
Measurability is the cornerstone of good care and management. In the year 2017-18 across the 4 day care centres part of the Sankalp Program for Thalassemia Management a total of 900 patients received 13,000 bags of blood. This excludes those who got cured or who got transferred.
What failed? The Idea or the Implementation?
The most essential aspect of caring for severe thalassemia syndromes (ST) with the inability to spontaneously maintain haemoglobin levels more than 7 gm/dl is a good blood transfusion service.
1st CME on Thalassemia Organised at RDT Ananthpur
On 3rd December 2017, Department of Pediatrics, Rural Development Trust, Ananthpur organised the 1st CME on Thalassemia. Attended by pediatricians from Ananthpur and nearby districts, the event was very well received and productive.