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CTC Disha: The State Wide Helpline for Blood
Sankalp India Foundation, in association with Comprehensive Trauma Consortium (CTC), has launched “CTC Disha: The State Wide Helpline for Blood”. In Karnataka, anyone looking for blood in time of an emergency can call 94800 44444 for help. CTC Disha for Bangalore, launched in September 2006, enables people to hunt for blood by calling 1062. This [...]
‘We told the blood bank the next time you have to say “No” to someone asking for blood, please send the person to us’
We got the chance to interact with a Sankalp Volunteer. This article is essentially our conversation with him. Though it is rather long, we recommend you get through it some time. You will not regret it… How was the Sankalp Blood Donation Organization born? One night we jumped out of the engineering college hostel to [...]
In need of blood…
October 19, 2007. Maarakka, a 45 year old woman, was struggling with Dengue fever in the ICU of MSR Memorial Hospital. Her platelet count was extremely low. She had no contact in Bangalore. Her body required blood, and it required blood soon. The blood donation had to be done through apheresis. The ICU counselor, Sujata, [...]