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“If you donate money you give food, but if you donate blood you give life”

Its the ‘World blood donors day’ on 14th June, and lets make our helpful mark to it.  As a part of this, a mega Blood Donation camp is organized in Park- center, Technopark on 13th June 2008 between 10.00 a.m. and 02.00 p.m. The theme for the world blood donors day, this year is “Giving Blood Regularly“. Its an effort by WHO(World health Organization) to commit donors to donate blood regularly and over long term, building a stable base of volumtary unpaid donors. Read on and get rid of your anxieties regarding blood donation.

Who can donate blood?

• All donors must be at least 17 years old or older.
• All donors must be in good health. You can still donate if you are taking medication although it depends on your state of health and the type of medication.

Who cannot donate blood?

Temporarily Deferred:
People who:

• Have had a heart attack in the last six to twelve months.
• Have had malaria in the last three years.
• Have had cardiac surgery in the last year or those who have not completely recuperated from the surgery and who are taking cardiovascular medicine.
• Are not feeling well the day of the blood donation.
• Have taken antibiotics within the last 24 to 72 hours.

***Women who are pregnant or have had an abortion in the last 6 weeks are temporarily deferred***

Permanently Deferred:
People who:

• Have had hepatitis at age eleven or older.
• Have received chemotherapy or radiation for the treatment of cancer.

The donor procedure is simple:

• First, you want to register and answer a series of questions concerning your medical history.
• Second, you will take a health examination and your pulse, blood pressure, temperature and iron level will be measured.
•  The donation process will take 10-15 minutes.
• After donating, you will relax for a minute while you are being served cookies and juice.

Advice for first-time donors:

Anxiety and fears are normal. Many people are afraid of donating blood. Once you have donated, you will overcome your fears.

In donating blood, you are converted into a hero in many ways.

• Your donation can save the lives of up to 3 patients.
•  Sometimes blood can be utilized to replace lost blood from people in life or death situations.
• Red cells are used during surgery or after an accident to replace the blood volume and maintain the oxygen flow in all the cells of the body.
• Plasma can be given to victims from burns and accidents to increase intravascular volume.

Recovery and time between donations

The needle site is covered with a bandage and the donor is directed to keep it for some hours. Plasma is replaced after 2-3 days. Red blood cells are replaced on average 36 days. The advisable time interval between donations is not less than 3 months.

Come on, lets donate life..!!

Just as the Kerala High Court rapped the LDF government for its takeover of the heritage property Trivandrum Golf Club, it has found a fervent caddie in the association of IT honchos. The State Cabinet had decided to acquire the 100-year old club, located in 24 acres in prime property in the heart of Kerala capital since the club was reported to have ‘outstanding tax dues’.

The captains of IT firms in Technopark have clubbed in against the Trivandrum Golf Club takeover in unison, dubbing the move as “taken in haste”. While other State governments were trying to promote golf, the Kerala government was trying to end an existing golf course, they pointed out. There are 120-odd Companies working from Technopark, about 12 kms away from Trivandrum Golf Club.

According to G-TEC, the Group of Technopark Companies, the takeover of Trivandrum Golf Club may give “negative signal to the investor community.” Sunil Gupta, a spokesman of GTEC said, here in a release, that some IT firms which invested in Kerala in 1994 were promised a golf club within Technopark. With the current priority of more buildings, this promise was unlikely to materialise, Gupta argued.

The Kerala High Court, meanwhile, has asked the Kerala government to return the possession of Trivandrum Golf Club to club members on Tuesday. The State revenue officials had effected the acquistion on Monday.

The court has also asked State revenue secretary Nivedita Haran to appear before it next Monday to give explanation.

Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan has reacted that the State government would appeal against the verdict. Just hours before the court order, State law minister M Vijayakumar had defended the takeover, saying that the Kerala government intended to make golf facilites accessible to more people beyond the club’s 200-odd members.

Courtesy :- Financial Express

The Tata Elxsi centre at the Technopark here has expanded its facility to meet the scale-up requirement of its clients.

R.Natarajan, general manager and head of the centre, told reporters here on Thursday that the facility which has 582 engineers, has been expanded to accommodate 1,500 engineers.

Two new development centres would be set up in Hyderabad and Coimbatore. The new development centres will assist customers on product design and development and also provide them with high quality solutions.

Mr.Natarajan who had been heading the centre here from its inception, said that after commencing operations with 30 engineers in 2001, it has transformed into a 600-strong team and was still counting.

The expansion of the centre has been planned in a phased manner and in the last phase it would have 2 lakh sq.ft. and employ 2,000 engineers. Recruitment of more engineers would become imperative soon.

Almost 70 per cent of the engineers working in the centre are Keralites.

The centre is focussing on automotive, multimedia and digital signal processing domains. Adaptive front lighting system (AFLS), airbags and various other components for vehicles are being developed for its international clients.

Although not in vogue in the country at present, these facilities would become part of the automotive industry within the next five years, he said.

Courtesy - The Hindu

 No.. i’m not talking about a new film or any related art form. 581 E is the route number for the KSRTC bus passing through the Technopark front gate. Yup..!! Kerala is routing to the “metro” mode. We’ve heard about code numbering the different bus routes only in big metros. Now you can board a KSRTC bus inside the TVM city limits with the help of route number shown on its route board. This splendid step ahead from the side of KSRTC will surely prove very helpful to a lot of people. Some of the major routes and the route numbers are listed below. 

It was not quite an auspicious morning for the techies today, atleast for those entering the park thorugh the front gate. It was a heavy traffic jam that welcomed them to their workplace. The morning welcome would sound more worse if you hear the reason behind the traffic jam. It was a dead body of a young man of around 27 years of age. It was found in the opposite side of Technopark front gate, 200 metres away from the Chennai restaurant and near to the bus parking. He had wounds in his body which is understood to be caused by sword.

Kazhakoottam was always notorious for its anti-social elements and was sometimes termed as their capital in TVM. What is more painful is that it occured just infront of our gate beside the byepass, which boasts of 24 hour police patrol. Fate again brought the real picture of our safety. Whatever patrol there be, here we should take care of our own lives.

The day is not so far when the roadside sign-board to Kazhkoottam reads, “DANGER, Kazhakoottam Ahead..!!”