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Now an app to connect to the nearest blood bank
A mobile app has made it easier for patients to connect to the nearest blood bank in an emergency.
iRelief, a private city-based firm, in association with the State Health Department, has designed the app to provide accurate information on availability with details on specific blood groups at the nearest blood bank.
The app will also allow the user to place a demand for a specific type/group of blood, which will either be delivered to the hospital where the patient needs it or to the nearest blood bank.
Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Shalini Rajneesh, who launched the app in the city on Thursday along with Minister for Infrastructure Development R. Roshan Baig, said iRelief has entered into an understanding with blood banks in the State to get information on the availability of blood.
There are 200 blood banks in the State, including 40 run by the government. “Real time information on the availability of blood in all these 200 blood banks is also available onwww.drugni c.in.We have shared the live information with iRelief through the Jeev Sanjeevani app that is managed by the Health Department. This is to help increase its reach to patients in need and fixed a cost of Rs. 30 as convenience fee for connecting and confirming supply of blood to the patient in the respective hospital,” said Ms. Rajneesh.
Pointing out that the government is already offering free service through the 104 call centre round the clock, Ms. Rajneesh said: “Any other innovative health service providers are most welcome to join hands with our department to improve reach and quality of health services.”
With a data bank of blood donors, the app also alerts the donors the moment an order for a unit of blood is placed on the app.
Help desk
The private firm has also set up a 24X7 help desk and people can dial 7847840000 for assistance on blood, ambulance and home care services.
About the app
iRelief provides information on availability of blood
User can also place demand for a specific type/group of blood
User will get immediate intimation on availability
Blood will either be delivered to hospital where the patient needs it or made available in nearest blood bank
App can be downloaded on Google Play and Apple App Store
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Special Correspondent / Bengaluru – November 14th, 2016
Alva’s College student is India basketball team captain
Bhandavya Gowda is among the two players from the State on the team
Bhandavya H.M. Gowda, captain of the Indian team participating in the Junior Asian Women (Under-18) Basketball Championship in Bangkok, is a student of the Alva’s College in Moodbidri.
A native of Mandya, Bhandavya Gowda is a first year B.Com student. She is among the two basketball players from the State who are part of the national team for the Junior Asian Women Basketball Championship in Bangkok between November 13 and 20. She is one among the many students with exceptional talent who are being offered free education by Alva’s Education Foundation under its adoption scheme. Bhandavya Gowda joined the college two years ago.
A good three-point shooter and point guard, Bhandavya Gowda was part of the national team in the 2013 Asian Youth Basketball tournament held in Colombo.
She was also in the team that took part in the 2014 Junior Asian Basketball tournament in Jordan. The Junior Asian Championship in Bangkok will be her fourth international tournament.
Naveen Shetty from Mangalore Basketball Club, who has seen Bhandavya Gowda play at close quarters, said that she has been in basketball since she was 12. A product of Sports School in Mandya, Bhandavya Gowda was groomed by Raviprakash, a former coach in the Department of Youth Services and Sports. It was a pride that a player from the State was captaining the national team, Mr. Naveen Shetty said.
Chairman of Alva’s Education Foundation Mohan Alva has wished Bhandavya Gowda and the national team a success in the upcoming championship.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangaluru / by Staff Reporter / Mangaluru – November 03rd, 2016
My dream has been fulfilled, says Rajyotsava awardee Ballari Sujathamma
“My dream has been fulfilled. I am very happy.” This was how septuagenarian Ballari Sujathamma, a well-known ‘bylaata’ and ‘parijatha’ artiste, reacted when she heard that the government was conferring the prestigious ‘Rajyotsava’ award on her.
After learning music under the tutelage of her father, Ms. Sujathamma took to acting at the age of ten. Her career as an artiste began with ‘Girija Kalyan,’ where she donned the role of Rathi. Since then, she has acted in various mythological plays not only in Bylaata and Parijatha, but also in theatre, including Ramayana, where she donned the lead roles. She has acted in plays such as Rakta Ratri, Kurukshetra, Dushyasana Vadhe , Daksha Brahma in over six decades of her acting career.
Ms. Sujathamma has also performed in Telugu plays in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
“Acting was the only source of income to feed my family and also to raise my children. I was forced to act in a play when my son, daughter-in-law and my grandson died in a fire accident. Such was our economic condition. Luckily, I used to get opportunities to act and I won the appreciation of the connoisseurs throughout and now Government has chosen me for the Rajyotsava award. I am very happy,” she told The Hindu.
Ms. Sujathamma is also a recipient of Karnataka Janapada, Yakshagana Academy award and the Kittur Rani Chennamma Award.
Though she still gets requests to act in plays, Ms. Sujathamma rejects them owing to age factor. She now imparts training in acting and singing to interested people.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Ballari – October 31st, 2016