Organise an awareness and blood screening camp for over 500 students of HR College
Pankaj Udhas, President, PATUT, Jackie Shroff, Brand Ambassador, Thalassmia India and Suresh Vazirani, CMD, Transasia Bio-Medicals shared their vision of a ‘Thalassemia-free India’ at HR College of Commerce & Economics in Mumbai in the presence of Dr Suhas Mohnalkar, Head, Sickle Cell Disease programme, Maharashtra, Kishu Mansukhani, President, Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board and Parag Thakkar, Principal, HR College & Economics and Mala Vazirani, Executive Director, Transasia Bio-Medicals.
As a part of this project, over 500 students from HR College and other nearby colleges participated in the thalassemia awareness and blood screening camp where they were briefed about thalassemia and their blood samples tested for the disease. An informative documentary was also shown to the students during the camp.
On this occasion, Transasia donated a sophisticated ERBA fully automated haematology analyser to PATUT and sponsored the blood tests of all students. Developed at Transasia’s European subsidiary, ERBA H360 is customised to meet India’s need for quality and affordable diagnosis.
The students underwent a Complete Blood Count (CBC) test on H 360, Transasia’s recently introduced fully automated ERBA haematology analyser. As the instrument analyses the sample in one minute, the students were given the reports immediately. Those suspected of any abnormalities were given proper counselling. The whole event was organised by the NSS volunteers of HR College.
On this occasion, SAVIOUR, a first-of-its-kind blood donation app which connects patients and donors while maintaining complete anonymity, developed by Vazirani Foundation, the CSR arm of Transasia, was also unveiled.