The Hindu Business Line : Want to Donate Blood? Just SMS

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Corporate Nathalia Jones TERI study to suggest better Markets utilisation of natural Info-Tech Chennai , Aug. 15 resources Marketing Money & IN an endeavour to facilitate easy registration and availability Felling of trees an offence Banking of `safe blood' to the people of Chennai, Jeevan Blood Bank Agri-Biz & Want to donate blood? Just Commodities and Airtel have launched the `Be a blood donor — Save a life' SMS Industry & project on Thursday. Economy Global seminar on `Cochlear Logistics With this initiative, getting donors and signing up to become implants' Government donors is merely a matter of a brief SMS. All prospective Opinion donors need to do is type in their blood type, followed by a Chhattisgarh to get new Variety Capital; major reforms on the Columns space, in turn followed by the area code and send the anvil Macro Economy message to 106. Subsequently they will be included in the list Index of donors and their numbers will be provided to patients. Coimbatore drainage scheme Archives gets a push Those who need donors, too, will follow the format stated Features above and send the information to 107, after which they will LNG terminal crucial to Kerala's growth: Experts get the numbers of two donors. Alternatively, both donors and Investment World patients can also dial 622 from their mobiles and avail eWorld Diesel sales dip in July Catalyst themselves of the voice registration facility. Mentor Govt to focus on completion Life While, at the moment, this provision is only for Airtel of steel expansion projects Canvas subscribers, non-Airtel subscribers can also avail themselves Praxis of the facility, by dialling the number 98403 00622. Textile mills reforms in labour Urban Pulse law Brand Quest "The entire aim of the project is to facilitate a simple way of Excess fluoride found in registering and to enrol voluntary donors and to make Bengal groundwater Stocks Chennai entirely self-sufficient in blood donation," Dr P. Srinivasan, Director, Jeevan Blood Bank and Research Centre. Plan at last to put out Jharia Quotes coalfield fires SE Diary He continued, adding that, "a large part of the project was to Scoreboard automate as much as possible in terms of facility". ICFAI university centre Open-End Mutual seeking base in Kerala Fund Once enrolled, donors could choose how frequently they would like to donate blood. There was also the option for them to ICFAI varsity seeking base in Port Info drop out, if they chose to, Dr Srinivasan said. Kerala

Ships in Ports Other choices like sending thank you messages from patients IIMC launches 2003 Business Plan contest to donors will soon be available. "What we are ultimately aiming at is a central command for anything related to blood," Training in construction tech Archives said Dr Srinivasan. Naresh Chandra panel recommendations — Yesterday The facility is not exclusive to Jeevan, and is open to other Chamber says infrastructure Datewise blood banks as well. vital for implementation Resources Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication Assocham retreat for CEOs Group Sites Take a ride on Bengal's new The Hindu spaceship

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