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Blood Donation for Thalassemia Kids

April 16, 2012 By Akhtar Bohra Leave a Comment

blood-donation-thallesemia2 A blood donation camp was organized under the joint auspices of the Raven Foundation, who works exclusively for Thalassemia patients and Cycloctane, a group of enthusiastic cyclists from Udaipur; at the MB Hospital on Sunday morning 15 April.

The event was organized to invite blood donors exclusively for the benefit of Thalassemia patients.

As per information received from the organizers, 20 units of blood were collected at the camp that was organized from 10 am to 1 pm today.

The Raven Foundation, setup by Dr. Deepak Babel has its office at Badi Village, Udaipur and works to serve patients of Thalassemia.

Cycloctane is a group of young people who promote cycling as a health activity as well as a green city concept. This group approached Raven with their proposal to effect a social cause and thus along with Raven, this blood donation camp was organized. [Read more...]

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JSG Blood Donation Helpline, innovation for humanity

April 4, 2012 By Vajrasar Goswami Leave a Comment

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The ‘JSG Blood Donation Helpline’ was inaugurated on 1^st April, 2012 jointly by all eight social Jain groups in town. The ‘Blood Helpline’ is to promote awareness and to serve the one in need of blood in the case of emergency. It is an On-Call-On-Demand service.

The ‘JSG Blood Donation Helpline’ would serve as a bridge between the person in need of blood and the donor. They would be maintaining a database of the Donors based on blood group, etc. then the donor will receive a call if his/her blood is needed in any situation. This service is free of cost.

“On the occasion of Mahaveer Jayanti on 5^th April, 2012; member ship forms and an oath letter would be signed by the Jain community at Fateh Senior Secondary School attending the event of Swami Vatsalya. We are targeting 5000 members initially, and the helpline soon would be available for people” says Ramesh Mehta, Operation Head and coordinator, Blood Helpline. [Read more...]

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Jain Social Groups Inaugurate Blood Donation Helpline

April 1, 2012 By Sohail Khan Leave a Comment

Under the banner of Jain Social Groups a blood donation camp was organized today at Jain Dharam Shala, Surajpol.

The program was led by Vijendra Bapna, Zonal Coordinator in which more than 100 people participated.

On the occasion a J.S.G Blood Donation Helpline was inaugurated by Hemant Jain, Additional District Judge, Udaipur and Narendra Mogra, In-charge of Blood Bank at M.B Hospital. This blood donation helpline will fulfill regular emergency blood requirements in the city and its service is free of cost. [Read more...]

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294 Blood Donor Helpline: A social initiative

March 30, 2012 By Vajrasar Goswami Leave a Comment

The Bapu Bazar Jain Youth Business Union has initiated the ‘294 Blood Donors Helpline’ under their banner. This helpline aims to serve as a one-call service to provide the necessary blood group to the person in need. The motive of helpline is to promote value on the tagline “Raktdaan Mahadaan”.

Prashant Jain Soni, Chief, and Vivek Baghrecha, President, Youth Union explained, “A database will be managed in which the names of all the donors with their respective blood groups will be stated, so that we can help the person in need of blood in the minimal time. This would also help managing the stock of different blood groups, and providing the necessary blood group swiftly at the time of need.” [Read more...]

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Blood Donation Camps by students and social workers

November 19, 2011 By Poonam Arora Leave a Comment

blood-donation-1-2 Blood Donation Camps were organized by Divine Heart Society, an organization to promote blood donation and Vidhya Bhawan Polytechnic on Saturday, 19 Nov.2011.

Divine Heart Society organized the camp in collaboration with Student Unions of MLSU and University College of Commerce and Management Studies. Parmveer Singh Chundawat, President, Student Unoin MLSU said, “Blood Donation is a Great Donation.”

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Blood Donation Camp By Jain Groups

October 17, 2011 By Guest Author Leave a Comment

A Blood Donation and Medical Camp was organised by Mahaveer International & Vardhaman Jain Shavak Samiti at Mahaveer Bhawan, Sector-3 in Udaipur on Sunday Oct 16.

This camp was organized to motivate the youth and educate them to love and help the society in noble cause from time to time. The blood will be donated to MB Hospital Blood Bank which will be used in the hour of need to save someone’s life.

At the same time a medical check up camp for the female section of the society was also organised to counsel them on various problems and diseases related to women. Dr. Zehra Abbas with her team was there to guide them on this topic. [Read more...]

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Myths And Facts About Blood Donation

September 19, 2010 By Vaidehi Kachhawa 6 Comments

Blood donation is one of the noblest works. But, in spite of the various reasons, for donating blood and encouraging others to do it, there are only few who actually do it in Udaipur. Need of the hour is to make people aware about the facts and myths regarding blood donation. So that people can contribute by without any fear or doubt. Many organizations in Udaipur organize blood donation camps but they get only few participants, this is a pitiable condition. There are too many myths associated with this noble cause that should be completely eradicated as soon as possible.

Myths

Blood donation leads to weakness.
Government hospitals prohibit blood from private Blood Banks.
Blood Bank is a commercial and profit making activity.
Women and girls cannot donate blood.

Facts

Blood donation never leads to weakness it moreover brings in new energy.
According to the NOC issued by the Government of India, government hospitals can take blood from any licensed Blood Bank.
Blood Bank is completely a no profit, no loss service.
Any healthy person, weighing more than 45 kgs. and in the age group of 18 to 60 can donate blood irrespective of their gender.

Here is some useful information about Blood donation:

Universal Donor: O- (negative) group
Universal Receiver: AB+( positive) group
Life of Blood Storage:
- Whole Blood : 35 Days
- RBC: 42 Days
- RDP: 5 Days
- FFP and Cryo: 1Year

Also, while receiving blood you should take care of the expiry date of the blood and the blood group which are mentioned on Blood Bag.

So, Udaipurites wake up and take a pledge to donate blood regularly. Our efforts can save many precious lives. As it is said, “A single drop of water can form a mighty ocean.” So, even your single small effort is valuable.

Thanks to Mr. Sainyam Singhvi of Saral Blood Bank for providing us with the valuable information.

People interested in knowing more about them or blood donation may please contact:

Saral Blood Bank

30, Near Bhupalpura Math, Udaipur

Contact No.: 0294-2416285, 5134601