Journalism of Courage
Fifteen people with AB negative blood group have come together to reach out for the needs of this rare blood group
The e-mail id does disclose her identity in a way the world needs to know and she too perhaps wants to be principally known for. abneg.sangeeta@gmail.com has been a savior and a valuable reference since a month,receiving mails and requests from many individuals in the city. The id that indicates the blood group she belongs to has also helped her bring together a handful of people sharing the most rare group and willing to donate blood. For Sangeeta Pandit,responsible for the initiative it is a task to reach out in that hour of crisis.
Receiving calls from hospitals,companies and individuals the group is sorting its members with an area wise network to reach out to the earliest and has come to the rescue of serious cases in need. Donating blood and registering himself wherever possible it is for a social cause and as a result of a tragic incident that motivates Avinash Dandekar another member. I donate only when there is a requirement so that such a rare group blood need not be disposed. I have donated several times after moving to the city two years ago and it feels immensely good after having known the worth of it, adds Dandekar. Sunil Godbole on Friday went to Sahyadri Hospital to assist a cancer patient,his first donation after being a member. Being rare I am not allowed to donate even at the centres so it is our motive to be instantly there whenever someone is in need, he adds.
Planning to open a website with the database of the donors the group also has many youngsters fulfilling the criterion of the age limitations required. It is in fact a family and we are looking forward to expand it with a number of initiative to make ourselves more discernible, says Pandit,a medical professional herself.
