Blood Donors Kerala Souvenir 2018 - Kuwait

The Amir of Kuwait

H.H. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

The Prime Minister of Kuwait

H.H. Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah H.H. Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Blood Donors Kerala, Kuwait Chapter

Blood Transfusion Administration Services (BATS) through the Central Blood Bank and other donation branches has an important role in the community responsibility in terms of educating the public about the benefits of blood donation.

BATS has a positive impact on the donor's health, the importance of donating blood as a national and humanitarian duty, and encouraging free voluntary donations by intensifying media campaigns.

Our mission is to provide blood to all patients in Kuwait. Therefore,BATS and public society members both share out greatest duty toward the availability of blood for saving the lives of patients in needs.

This shared responsibility is a humanitarian act of a human a great value.

The Ministry of Health/ BATS takes this opportunity to express the sincere appreciation of the initiatives taken by Blood Donors Kerala, Kuwait for their support and active participation in the activities including blood donation and donor recruitment. They used the social media in a noble way to help saving lives.

With their effort, they help us with the growing sense of responsibility towards society in general and patients in particular.

We work together to intensifying awareness campaigns to donate blood in various forums.

Million thanks,,,

Dr.Reem Al-Radwan Director of BATS Ministry of health

Nov 24, 2018

Dear Bloodfriends,

Blood represents life, and thus donating Blood is donating life itself. Due to rise in incidents of accidents and modernised treatment management need of blood is growing day by day. Each donor becomes a beacon of hope for those who are struggling between life and death. Blood donation is also a proclamation of unconditional love and dedication. Let's salute all the donors by acknowledging their unparalleled dedication.

The Gulf NRKs have already carved a niche of their own in the field of Social service and thus have become a role model for others. They are the strong pillars of the development of our society & State. They extend their help when the state is in trouble too. The state remembers with gratitude the help extended by the NRKs during the time of the recent flood.

It is happy to know that Blood Donors Kerala (BDK) Kuwait chapter have conducted an awareness campaign on Voluntary Blood Donation which lasted for one year.

On behalf of Federation of Indian Blood Donors Organizations (FIBDO), the national level platform of Blood Donor Organizations it is my privilege to offer sincere greetings to this Noble venture "ASPIRE 2K18".

with regards,

Thiruvananthapuram

Yours Sincerely, Sd/K P Rajagopalan, National President, Federation of Indian Blood Donors Organizations (FIBDO)

President’s Message

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Blood Donors Kerala State Committee +91 81130 19697

Greetings from Indian Doctors Forum-IDF Kuwait

Congratulations to the Office-bearers of BDK Kuwait Chapter for the successful completion of an year long awareness campaign and Blood donation program in kuwait.

The efforts put in by the organization are praise worthy .Bringing a donor of rare Bombay blood group by clearing all hurdles from Qatar is a great example.I have personally attended the BDK awareness event.

The mere information of benefits of blood donation and it's importance in saving a valuable life of an individual motivates the blood donation.The myths and lack of information is the reason for not getting enough blood.In this regard awareness campaign and Maintaining a donors web list eases the process in getting even the rare group blood in an emergency.

Wish you all the success in your future community activities including the Community Empowerment program on December 7 -2018 as closing ceremony of year long campaign. IDF is glad to associate with BDK in the community activities. Best wishes.

Dr.Surendra Nayak

President Indian Doctors Forum Kuwait.

DONATE BLOOD, SAVE LIVES

Dr. Sunny Varghese

Hematology Unit, Department of Laboratory Al Adan Hospital

What is blood donation ?

It is the voluntary donation of about 450 ml of your blood to the blood bank for use in needy patients. Many patients require to be given blood and blood products for conditions like massive blood loss following accidents or trauma and also in different disease conditions like anaemia where there is decreased production of blood components in the body or there is increased destruction of blood in the body as a result different disease conditions.

Why donate blood ?

By donating blood we are saving another life. It is one such service only a fellow human being can do for you, because blood cannot be produced artificially in factories like any other commodity in the Market, so far. Each pack of Blood is unique and it has to come from another human being only.

Who can donate blood ?

Any healthy adult between the ages of 17 and 70 years can donate blood. Pregnant and lactating mothers are excluded along with certain exceptions.

How often can you donate blood ?

One can safely donate blood every three- four months, subject to maximum of three donations per year. Any way our system replaces all the blood in our body every three months

What are the hazards of blood donation to the donor ?

The most common hazard of blood donation is fainting attack, mostly seen in anxious/ apprehensive individuals and in those donating for the first time. It can be avoided by drinking fluids prior to the donation and enforcement of adequate rest immediately after the donation. Once the faint occurs,one needs only to rest in horizontal position with elevation of legs is usually sufficient. For the same reason drivers and machine operators are advised not to return to work the same day after donation. Other minor hazards include hematoma at the site of venepuncture, infection of the venepuncture site are rarely seen.

What happens to the blood after you donate ?

Blood after donation goes through many checks and testing before it can be received by a patient, quite contrary to the myth and what we usually see in movies. In short the blood is tested for the type/group, tested for transmissible diseases, separated into different blood components and tested for compatibility to the intended recipient blood.

What are the different blood type/ groups ?

Human blood groups are classified/typed by different blood types like ABO system, Rh system, MNS system, Kell, Duffy, Kidd etc. We usually classify blood in the ABO and Rh system because

It is the voluntary donation of about 450 ml of your blood to the blood bank for use in needy patients. Many patients require to be given blood and blood products for conditions like massive blood loss following accidents or trauma and also in different disease conditions like anaemia where there is decreased production of blood components in the body or there is

The most common hazard of blood donation is fainting attack, mostly seen in anxious/ apprehensive individuals and in those donating for the first time. It can be avoided by drinking fluids prior to the donation and enforcement of adequate rest immediately after the donation. Once the faint occurs,one needs only to rest in horizontal position with elevation of legs is usually sufficient. For the same reason drivers and machine operators are advised not to return to work the same day after donation. Other minor hazards include hematoma at the site of

Blood after donation goes through many checks and testing before it can be received by a patient, quite contrary to the myth and what we usually see in movies. In short the blood is tested for the type/group, tested for transmissible diseases, separated into different blood components and tested for compatibility to the intended recipient blood.

Human blood groups are classified/typed by different blood types like ABO system, Rh system, MNS system, Kell, Duffy, Kidd etc. We usually classify blood in the ABO and Rh system because

of the increased clinical relevance of the system. In the ABO system we have four blood groups viz A, B, AB and o and in the Rh system we have Rh Negative (-ve) and Rh Positive (+ve) and accordingly one can usually be belonging to any one of the eight groups like A +ve or A -ve;B +ve or B -ve; AB +ve or AB-ve and 0 +ve or 0-ve

What are the diseases routinely tested for from my blood ?

The blood we donate are routinely screened for transfusion transmissible pathogens like HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and malaria

What are the different blood components ?

They are Packed RBC, granulocyte concentrate, platelet concentrate, fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate

Packed RBC consists mostly of Red Blood Cells and is usually given to patients with anaemia for increasing their haemoglobin level. One unit dose is about 350 -450 ml in volume and can be stored at 4-8 °c up to 42 days after collection with suitable additives. One unit when transfused increases the haemoglobin level by about 1gm/di.

Granulocyte concentrate consists of the granulated white blood cells (WBC) and are extremely labile and hence required to be transfused within few hours to the patient. It is given for combating severe infections .

Platelet concentrates are concentrated platelet fractiun as the name implies, each unit is about 50-55 ml in volume and can be stored up to 5-7 days at room temperature of 20-22 °c. It is usually given to boost the platelet count of patients with thrombocytopenia or platelet diseases.

Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) is the fluid which remains in the whole blood after removal of cellular elements like RBC, WBC and Platelets mentioned above and are frozen for storage within 24 hours of collection. They are stored at -30 °c or below up to 24 months. Require to be thawed rapidly to 37 °c before transfused to the patient. It contains all coagulation factors and is used to correct coagulation factor deficiencies like in haemophilia patients' if the specific factor concentrates are not easily available. Cryoprecipitate is prepared from FFP and contains factor VIII and Fibrinogen and mostly used as source of fibrinogen .

What is cross matching of blood ?

Cross matching is also referred to as compatibility testing. It is the process by which the donor cells are tested against the potential recipient plasma or serum to detect and identify any antibodies in the recipient that can react with the cells of the donor. It avoids development of transfusion reactions in the recipient as far as possible. It takes at least about 30 minutes to do an uncomplicated cross match in a routine patient and may last up to 2-3 working days in complicated cases.

of the increased clinical relevance of the system. In the ABO system we have four blood groups viz A, B, AB and o and in the Rh system we have Rh Negative (-ve) and Rh Positive (+ve) and accordingly one can usually be belonging to any one of the eight groups like A +ve or A -ve;B +ve or B -ve; AB +ve or AB-ve and 0 +ve or 0-ve

What are the diseases routinely tested for from my blood ? The blood we donate are routinely screened for transfusion transmissible pathogens like HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and malaria

What are the different blood components ? They are Packed RBC, granulocyte concentrate, platelet concentrate, fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate

Packed RBC consists mostly of Red Blood Cells and is usually given to patients with anaemia for increasing their haemoglobin level. One unit dose is about 350 -450 ml in volume and can be stored at 4-8 °c up to 42 days after collection with suitable additives. One unit when transfused increases the haemoglobin level by about 1gm/di. Granulocyte concentrate consists of the granulated white blood cells (WBC) and are extremely labile and hence required to be transfused within few hours to the patient. It is given for combating severe infections . Platelet concentrates are concentrated platelet fractiun as the name implies, each unit is about 50-55 ml in volume and can be stored up to 5-7 days at room temperature of 20-22 °c. It is usually given to boost the platelet count of patients with thrombocytopenia or platelet

Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) is the fluid which remains in the whole blood after removal of cellular elements like RBC, WBC and Platelets mentioned above and are frozen for storage within 24 hours of collection. They are stored at -30 °c or below up to 24 months. Require to be thawed rapidly to 37 °c before transfused to the patient. It contains all coagulation factors and is used to correct coagulation factor deficiencies like in haemophilia patients' if the specific factor concentrates are not easily available. Cryoprecipitate is prepared from FFP and contains factor VIII and Fibrinogen and mostly used as source of fibrinogen .

What is cross matching of blood ? Cross matching is also referred to as compatibility testing. It is the process by which the donor cells are tested against the potential recipient plasma or serum to detect and identify any antibodies in the recipient that can react with the cells of the donor. It avoids development of transfusion reactions in the recipient as far as possible. It takes at least about 30 minutes to do an uncomplicated cross match in a routine patient and may last up to 2-3 working days in complicated cases.

Who can receive my blood ?

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What is artificial blood ?

Yes that is the future of blood transfusion. Research is seeking for a product which can replace the functions of blood and blood components but at the same time free from the antigens and antibodies which often create problems in the recipient. Clinical Trials are going on worldw ide. May be artificial blood will be licensed for use in humans in future.

Event001 - Pravasi Association of Thrickodithanam, Kuwait Onam Celebration - 15-Sep-17

Event002 - Kerala Association, Kuwait Football Tournament - 21-Sep-17

Event003 - Palakkad Pravasi Association of Kuwait (PALPAK) Onam/Eid Celebration - 29-Sep-17

Event004 - Changanachery Association of Kuwait Onam Celebration - 29-Sep-17

Event005 - Bharathiya Sangeetha Sabha (BASS), Kuwait Navarathri Festival - 29-Sep-17

Event006 - Thrissur Association of Kuwait (TRASSK) Mahotsavam 2017 - 6-Oct-17

Event007 - Kozhikode District Association, Kuwait Onam-Eid celebration - 6-Oct-17

Event008 - Progressive Professional Forum Talk Show - 6-Oct-17

Event009 - Alappuzha Jilla Pravasi Association Kuwait (AJPAK) Onam/Eid Sangamam - 13-Oct-17

Event010 - Malayali Mum's Middle East (MMME) Kuwait chapter Eshalpookkalam 2017 - 13-Oct-17

- NSS Kuwait Ponnonam 2017 - 13-Oct-17

Event012 - Thanima, Kuwait OnaThanima

- 20-Oct-17

In Loving memory of

& Mr. K . Sivarama Panicker

By Murali S Panicker & Family

Event016 - Friends of Kannur Kuwait Expats Association Onam Celebration - 27-Oct-17

Event017 - Tulu Kootta, Kuwait Tulu Parba 2017 - 27-Oct-17

Event018 - St.Thomas Indian Orthodox Syrian Church, Ahmadi, Kuwait Santhome Fest 2017 (Harvest Festival 2017) - 27-Oct-17

Event019 - Kottayam District Assocaiton Kuwait (KDAK) Onaghosham 2017 - 27-Oct-17

Event020 - Kerala Association, Kuwait Keralapiravi Celebrations 2017 - 3-Nov-17

Event021 - St. Gregorios Indian Orthodox Maha Edavaka Harvest Festival - 3-Nov-17

Event022 - Saradhi, Kuwait Saradheeyam 2017 - 3-Nov-17

Event023 - Progressive Professional Forum Seminar - 9-Nov-17

Event024 -A lappuzha District Association Kuwait (ADAK) Onam-Eid Sangamam - 10-Nov-17

- Kala (Art) Kuwait Niram 2017 - 10-Nov-17

- Punaloor NRI Association Annual Gettogether 2017 - 10-Nov-17

Event027 - Indian Volleyball association Kuwait (IVAK) Volley Ball Tournament - 11-Nov-17

Event028 - St. Stephen Orthodox Church, Kuwait Harvest Festival - 17-Nov-17

Event029 - Kollam Jilla Pravasi Samajam (KJPS) Dashavarshaghosham - 17-Nov-17

Event030 - Janatha Cultural Centre, Kuwait Anniversary Celebration - 17-Nov-17

Event046 - Kerala Association Kuwait Nottam Film Festival - 29-Dec-17

Event047 - Sevadarshan Kuwait Mandala Pooja - 29-Dec-17

Event048 - Prayanam, Kuwait

New Year

Event052 - Ragamalika, Kuwait

Salmiya

- Chettikulangara Amma Pravasi Seva Samithi - CAPSS Kuwait Bharani Kazchakal - 19-Jan-18

- BDK Kuwait Indian Republic Day Blood Drive - 25-Jan-18

- Pathanamthitta District Association, Kuwait Hrudayathil Sookshikkan - 25-Feb-18

- Kozhikodu District NRI Association (KDNA), Kuwait Malabar Mahotsavam

About Us

WELCOME BLOOD DONORS KERALA

BLOOD DONORS KERALA abbreviated as BDK is the idea of Mr. VINOD BHASKARAN, a KSRTC bus conductor from Changanacherry, Kottayam. He stated a Facebook page by the name "We Help" initially in the year 2011 to bring a social change in our society with the help of the social media. Later seeing the endless requirment of blood in hospitals, Blood Donors Kerala was found in the year 2014 with a vision to help and guide the unorganised blood requirements happening in and around the hospitals in Kerala. In a short span, BDK has become the preferred blood donation channel for a lot of people in Kerala. BDK is now a registered charitable trust (REG.NO.KTM/TC/840/2014) with it's wings spread across India and all GCC Countries.

Once in every 2- seconds, someone somewhere is desperately in need of blood. More than 29 million units of blood components are transfused every year. Each year, we could meet only up to 1% (approx) of our nation's demand for blood transfusion.

Despite the increase in the number of donors, blood remains in short supply during emergencies, mainly due to the lack of information and accessibility. We have been trying to overcome most of these challenges by effectively connecting the blood donors with the blood recipients through our solid, energetic and sincere coordinator network across India and all GCC Countries.

Team BDK have successfully managed to coordinate each blood request received so far and extend a hand of support for the recipients who were desperately running for a unit of blood. If you wish to donate blood, or required blood for any emergency cases, please visit our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blooddonorsgroupforkerala/

VINOD BHASKARAN Founder

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Adp\qdp Nph¶ càmWp¡Ä¡v, \m¸Xp t¹äveäpIfpw Hcp tizXcàmWphpw F¶ tXmXnemWv cà¯n Ch ImWs¸Sp¶Xv. AcpWcàmWp¡fnse lotamt¥m_n³ F¶ LSIw cà¯n\v Nph¸v \ndw \ÂIp¶p. Cu lotamt¥m_n\mWv izmktImi§fn \n¶pw HmI-vknP³ kzoIcn¨p icoctImi§Ä¡v \ÂIpIbpw XncnsI ImÀ_¬ UtbmIv--kbnUv kzoIcn¨p izktImiw hgn ]pdwXÅpIbpw sN¿p¶Xv. km[mcWKXnbn 100 an.en. cà¯n 12 apX 15 {Kmw hsc lotamt¥m_n³ Dïmhpw. tizXcàmWp¡Ä icoc¯n\pÅn {]thin¡p¶ _mIväocnbIsfbpw aäp AWp¡sfbpw Hcp hebw [engulf] krãn¨v \in¸n¡p¶p. tcmK{]Xntcm[¯n\mhiyamb {]XnhkvXp¡Ä [antibodies] \nÀ½n¡p¶Xpw shfp¯ càmWp¡fmWv. t¹äveäpIfpsS {][m\[À½w càw I«]nSn¡m³ klmbn¡pI F¶XmWv. cà{Kq¸pIÄ Nph¶ càmWp¡fpsS BhcW¯n Nne {]tXyIXcw- BânP\pIÄ [Hcp t{]m«o³ ]ZmÀ°w] ImWs¸Sp¶p. Ahsb A BânPs\¶pw B BânPs\¶pw cïmbn Xncn¨ncn¡p¶p. ChbpsS km¶n[ytam Akm\n[ytam ASnØm\am¡nbmWv cà{Kq¸pIsf XcwXncn¡pI. A BânP\pÅ càw 'A' {Kqs¸¶pw, B BânP³ DÅXv 'B' {Kqs¸¶pw Ch cïpapÅXv 'AB' {Kqs¸¶pw, Ch cïpw

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A]IS§Ä, ikv{X{InbIÄ, s]mÅÂ, {]khkw_Ôamb cà{kmhw, AÀ_pZ§Ä XpS§n \nch[n kµÀ`§fn NnInÕbpsS `mKambn càw Bhiyambn hcp¶p. ASn¡Sn càw Bhiyambn hcp¶ lotam^oenb, Xmekoanb XpS§nb càkw_Ônbmb tcmK§Ä¡pw Ahbh§Ä amänshbv¡p¶ Ahkc§fnepw càw BhiyamWv--. cà¯nsâ e`yX AXnsâ BhiyIXtb¡mÄ F{Xtbm IpdhmWv. \½psS P\kwJybpsS Hcp iXam\sa¦nepw càZm\¯n\v apXncpIbmsW¦n Cu Bhiyw \ndthäs¸Smhp¶tXbpÅq. imcocnIambpw am\knIambpw BtcmKyapÅ GsXmcmÄ¡pw càZm\w sN¿mw. 45 Intem{Kman\p apIfn Xq¡w DÅhcpw cà¯nse lotamt¥m_n³sd Afhv 12.5 {Kman\p apIfnepÅhÀ¡pw 18 \pw 60 \pw at²y {]mbapÅ kv{Xo¡pw ]pcpj\pw càZm\w \S¯mw. \½psS icoc¯n 5 enäÀ càw (70 ml /kg) DïmIpw. CXn Hcp Intem {Kman\v 50 an. en. F¶ tXmXnepÅ càta, ssZ\wZn\ {]hÀ¯\§Ä¡mbn \ap¡v thïnhcp¶pÅq. _m¡n hcp¶ càw icoc¯n A[nIambn (surplus) kq£n¨ncn¡p¶p. C§s\ A[nIapÅ càXnÂ\n¶p Intem {Kman\v 8 ml sh¨v Zm\w sN¿pI hgn \½psS BtcmKy¯n\p bmsXmcphn[ tZmjhpw kw`hn¡p¶nÃ. càZm\w \S¯nbmepw Csænepw \n§fpsS icoc¯n ]gbtImi§Ä IrXyamb CSthfIfn {]IrXym \in¸n¡s¸SpIbpw ]pXnbh D¸mZn¸n¡s¸SpIbpw sNbvXpsImtïbncn¡pw. AtXkabw ]pXnb tImi§fpsS D¸mZ\¯n\v càZm\w {]tNmZ\amIp¶p. càw Zm\w sNbvXv 24 apX 36 hsc aWn¡qdpIÄ¡Iw cà¯nsâ Afhv ]qÀhØnXnbnse¯p¶p. càZm\¯n\pw ap¼pÅ lotamt¥m_nsâ Afhv, càw \ÂIn 3 apX 4 hsc BgvNIÄ¡Iw {IaoIcn¡s¸Sp¶p. AXmbXv Hcpamk¯n\Iw \n§fpsS càw càZm\¯n\p ap¼pÅ AhØbn F¯p¶p. F¶mepw Npcp¡w Nnecnse¦nepw hnfÀ¨ _m[n¡mXncn¡m\mWv càZm\w aq¶pamk¯nsemcn¡Â F¶v \nPs¸Sp¯nbncn¡p¶Xv.

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Blood Drives

Blood Drives

Muralee S. Panicker Chairman

Manoj Mavelikkara

Anil P Alex Patron

Thengumthundil

Biji Murali Joint

Murali

Praveen

Rajan

Joemon

Vineeth

Binas Basheer

Binu Joseph Member

Vini Sarath

Jaya Jayasree

Jithin

Vipin Vakkode

Nisha Anish Member

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BLOOD TRANSFUSION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES

CENTRAL BLOOD BANK STATE OF KUWAIT

What is Bombay Phenotype?

It is originally described in Bombay, India. It is a very rare phenotype with a prevalence about 1 per 10,000 individuals in India and about 1 per 1, 00,000 individuals in Europe. It is characterized by the absence of H, A and B antigens on red blood cells. Those individuals type as blood group O. And Due to the lack of H antigen, they form anti-H antibodies in their plasma, which is clinically significant and associated with acute hemolytic transfusion reactions. That is why these patients shall receive blood from donors with this rare Bombay phenotype. Siblings of patients with this rare Bombay phenotype shall be tested for compatibility.

In Kuwait Central Blood Bank, 4 cases with Bombay blood group were identified. 2 of them were Indian and the other 2 were Arabian.

At the end of 2017, Blood Donors Kerala “Kuwait Chapter”, help to provide one donor with this rare Bombay phenotype living in Qatar to come and donate for one of our patients in Kuwait central blood bank.

Dr Marwa Hamed Immunohematology Medical Supervisor Kuwait Central Blood Bank

"BDK Kuwait coordinators receiving momento from Dr. Majeda Alqatan, Assistant Under Secretary for Public Health and Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Medical Support Services in the presence of Dr. Reem Alradwan, Director Blood Transfusion and Administration Services on the World Blood Donor Day Celebrations 2018 of MOH Kuwait."

social media fraternity on voluntary blood donation

BLOOD DONORS KERALA, KUWAIT CHAPTER

Humble Beginning

Vinod Bhaskaran, a KSRTC bus conductor from Alappuzha, Kerala created a Facebook page by the name ‘We Help’ aimed at helping the poor and the destitute. It drew in many like-minded people, and before long, they were into blood donation. And then, it became the main service of the team, prompting the formation of an exclusive group called Blood Donors Kerala (BDK), which is driven by a group of youngsters and similar minded volunteers.

Kuwait Chapter

BDK Kuwait chapter from May 2016, since its inception in Kuwait have donated around 2000 Units of Blood and platelets to the Central Blood Bank through the Blood Drives and as responses to Emergency calls from the hospitals in Kuwait. Also, helping the other chapters of the fraternity to find donors for their cases by sharing the requests on the official pages, member’s FB walls as well as the WhatsApp groups. BDK Kuwait team has around 2500 regular donors with various blood groups those are connected through WhatsApp groups and ready to donate periodically, anytime on call.

The Fraternity is registered under Embassy of India Kuwait as INDEMB/KWT/ASSN/334 in 2017. All our activities are under the patronage and guidance of Central Blood Bank Administration, Kuwait Red Crescent and Indian Doctors Forum.

Blood Donors Kerala, Kuwait team members receiving the rarest Blood Group Donor Mr. Nidheesh from Qatar at Kuwait City Airport; for a patient waiting for Cesarean

Adan Hospital Kuwait.

BDK Kuwait chapter from May 2016, since its inception in Kuwait have donated around 2000 Units of Blood and platelets to the Central Blood Bank through the Blood Drives and as responses to Emergency calls from the hospitals in Kuwait.

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Pravasi Auditorium, Abbassiya

Integrated Logistics Yard, Mina Abdullah

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FDH, Mina Al Zour

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Also, we are providing an average 50 units of Blood or platelets per month to the patients undergoing treatments in various Hospitals of Kuwait.

Present

We are currently conducting our Year Long Intensive Awareness Program on Voluntary Blood Donation, among the public domain in Kuwait as part of our 1st Anniversary in Kuwait. The campaign started on 01st September, 2017 and is extended up to 31st December, 2018.

Through this campaign

are aiming to

donate blood and to urge donors to keep on

non-donors to start donating blood. Indian Doctors Forum Kuwait has agreed to

us in this campaign. Subjects experts from Indian Doctors Forum

be

As part of the closing of our campaign, we are organizing a community empowerment program, named “Aspire 2k18”. Prominent motivational speaker and child empowerment activist Prof. Gopinath Muthukad will be conducting a motivational program named “MCube” developed by himself with continued research and rich expertise in the field. The programme aims at the people, especially the students and the youth of the expatriate community, becoming productive and successful in their personal and social life by utilizing the exceptional qualities of mind-"elevating the human minds to think and perform in a greater level." The event is scheduled to be conducted on Dec. 7th 2018 at Nottingham British School, Abbassiya.

Future Projects:

Blood transfusion is an indispensable component of health care. It contributes to saving millions of lives each year in both routine and emergency situations, permits increasingly complex medical and surgical interventions and dramatically improves the life expectancy and quality of life of patients with a variety of acute and chronic conditions.

Patients who require transfusion as part of their clinical management have the right to expect that sufficient blood will be available to meet their needs and to receive the safest blood possible. However, many patients still die or suffer unnecessarily because they do not have access to safe blood transfusion. The timely availability of safe blood and blood products is essential in all health facilities in which transfusion is performed, but in many developing and transitional countries there is a widespread shortfall between blood requirements and blood supplies.

As a socially committed organization, we aim to promote voluntary blood donation to ensure 100% safe blood by 2020.

Provide information and guidance on the vital role of voluntary blood donors in assuring the availability of stable and sufficient supplies of safe blood for transfusion.

Educate, motivate and recruit new blood donors

Mobilize youth

eligible

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communication

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education

involvement

Aspire 2k18 is here, which brings down the curtain on yearlong voluntary blood donation motivational events on ‘fame’s lofty pinnacle’. Blood Donors Kerala, Kuwait Chapter since May, 2016 is actively working on promoting voluntary Blood Donation in Kuwait. Our yearlong campaign is based on the motto ‘Don’t wait until Disaster Hits, Give Blood, Give now, Give Often’ reached around 80,000 individuals directly and same number through social media. We have conducted Blood Donation Drives, Awareness Campaigns, Data Collection Drives and related activities in our second home, Kuwait. Ministry of Health Authorities, Central Blood Bank, Various NRI organizations, Business houses has given us priceless support. Response to the campaign from the expat community was overwhelming. BDK Kuwait have had many opportunities to serve the needy people in Kuwait against all odds. With a humble beginning of 4 members in a WhatsApp group , BDK Kuwait Chapter has outgrown our expectations by reaching to around 2,000 regular donors including dedicated Platelets donors currently. Shaji Vettukattil, BDK Qatar, Amar Indreams and Saji Snehatheeram (Former BDK Coordinators) took the initiative to form Kuwait Chapter.

We thank our Founder & President, Mr. Vinod Bhaskaran, General Secretary, Noushad Bayakkal, Patron, Dr. Shahul Hameed for giving us guidance and support for our activities. We are honoured to have M/s. Al Rashed International Travels & International Shipping Co. Wll for giving us financial support for the year long campaign. Our lifetime media partner is Darshan Photography, doing their Job Exceptionally well by promoting our events. Special thanks to the team members Mr. Prasanth Koyilandy and Mr. Saarth Kattoor for their sincere efforts. Their remarkable shooting and editing skills have added true colours to our cause. and gave us special face in the NRI Fraternity and Social Media.

The NRI Taxi Association, Yathra Kuwait is providing Free conveyance to the donors those are responding to emergency blood requests; since January 2018. This great humanitarian service by Yathra Kuwait gives us great relief in mobilizing the donors as and when required. Special thanks to Mr. Anil Anand, President, Yathra Kuwait and the Executive Committee for their priceless service.Indian Doctors Forum is rendering us the technical advice and cooperation for our campaign, since Aug 2017. The then President Dr. Abhay Patwari and Present President and Former General Secretary Dr. Surendra Nayak Kapadi had given us great support to initiate the campaign. We thank IDF Kuwait for all their valuable guidance and support. Musiq Beats Event Management team is the event partner for Aspire 2k18 and they were also with us in this long journey since beginning. We express our gratitude to the Director Rajan Thottathil and Event Director Nithin Thottathil for their commendable support for our activities. Special thanks to Our Prime Sponsors Heston Group, Co-Sponsor, Unimoni and all other sponsors for their financial support for the successful conduct of the event. Without the support of our great sponsors this event would never have been possible.

All the Print, Visual and online medias in Kuwait have provided exceptional support in promoting our activities. Thank you so much MMF Kuwait and all the Media persons for the extraordinary coverage.We thank all our Committee Members, Dedicated Donors and supporters for your tireless effort in converting the event to reality Let’s go forward for 100 percentage Voluntary Blood Donation in our community and may this event embark a new culture for promoting this noble cause.

Give Blood, Save Life

Reghubal Thengumthundil Event Convener

Aspire 2k18