Bangalore needs more than two lakh units of blood every year. However, only about 70 per cent of this requirement is fulfilled. There now is a fair amount of awareness about blood donation in society. Despite advancement in science and technology, there is still no means to “manufacture” blood.
Most of last month, the priority was our upcoming 6th Anniversary. The volunteers worked hard and spent ample amount of thought, time and energy to putting up a good show (like they say, citation required :) ). But we made sure none of our regular work suffers because of the Anniversary preparation. what was keeping us occupied?
CTC Disha continued spreading awareness about the helpline number in various government hospitals like NIMHANS, Sanjay Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Kidwai. The rest of the government hospitals including the government Maternity hospitals which were not targeted in the last awareness phase will be covered this year.
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Disha has now started taking in regular updates from the blood banks situated outside Bangalore. There are now 17 blood banks aligned with Disha. The indication of “the calm before the storm” as one of our volunteers addressed this situation; Disha had number of calls which rose up to 25 in a single day of which 8 calls were routed to Sankalp Emergency Wing.
Sattva is a monthly e-magazine with the vision To be an effective platform for the sharing of news, views and appreciation of the social change process, thus raising awareness and encouraging individuals and organizations to meaningfully contribute to society.
