Sankalp Program for Thalassemia Management
’I-day’ gift for Thalassaemia patients in Dakshina Kannada
Mangalore Today News Network
Aug 15, 2017: The 71st Independence Day celebrations will usher in cheer and new hope for hundreds of thalassaemic in Dakshina Kannada district.
A thalassaemia day care centre with six beds in RAPCC building (second floor) in district Wenlock Hospital will be inaugurated on August 15 at 11 am, said Wenlock Hospital superintendent and district surgeon Dr Rajeshwari Devi H R.
Thalassaemia day-care centre to open today
The Government Wenlock Hospital will open a six-bed day-care centre for thalassaemia patients on Tuesday.
Hospital Superintendent H.R. Rajeshwaridevi said the centre will operate on the second floor of the Regional Advanced Paediatric Care Centre. It will move to the ground floor of the hospital’s new medical block that will be ready by October.
Celebration of International World Thalassemia Day 2017

Sankalp India Foundation dedicated 8th of May to commemorate both the thalassemia patients who are no longer with us but are always close in our heart and to celebrate with all those patients who are alive and fighting everyday for their right to a better quality of life.
Minimising and monitoring the transfusion transmitted infections in thalassemia patients
Recently, there was a news of 35 patients who were undergoing regular management for thalassemia in Civil Hospital Jalandhar being detected with Hepatitis C. This is not the first time such news has come out in open. This news comes as a shock. Can something be done?

Equity Of Care at our Thalassemia Day Cares

World Health Organization (WHO) has been planning and adopting several measures to ensure that equity of care is never compromised or ignored in the delivery of healthcare.
Global experts of BMT for Sickle Cell Disease visit us
We were happy to have the visit of eminent global experts of transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease, Dr. Francoise Bernaudin and Dr. Mathieu Kuentz from the Referral Center for Sickle Cell Disease, CHIC, Creteil Hospital and the DrepaGreffe Association France from 27th February to 1st March 2017.
Sankalp set’s up it’s own Ethical Committee
A clinical trial is an important element of research in the field of medicine and science. Before any treatment protocol, or medicine or any practice related to the patient is brought into mainstream practice, it is essential that the trials have proved it's impact.

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