News Karnataka
Friday, March 29 2024
Cricket
Campus

Hair Donation Campaign held at A J Hospital

Photo Credit :

Mangaluru: A J Hospital conducted a Hair Donation Campaign in association with Sargakshethra Culture and Charitable Centre, Heaven Rose Professional Unisex Salon and Veera’s Dudes & Dolls Style Studio on December 7 at A J Conference Hall.

Cancer survivor Chaithanya was the guest of honour. The other guests were Dr Prashanth Marla, Medical Director; Dr Amitha Marla, Medical Administrator; Dr Kamalaksh Shenoy, Consultant Radiation Oncologist and Dr Rachan Shetty, Consultant Medical Oncologist.

Medical Director Dr Prashanth Marla gave the welcome address. Cancer Survivor Chaithanya in her address highlighted about body care and how one can avoid cancer.

Purpose of the campaign

The effects of hair loss go deeper than just a change in a patients’ outward appearance. Hair loss can erode a patients’ self-confidence and limit them from experiencing life the way they should. With an injured self-image, their attitude towards treatment and their physical response to it can be negatively affected also. Thus donating hair to make wigs for those suffering from hair loss helps them to look themselves and live their lives.

Hair donations are accepted in India from donors to help financially weak patients suffering from hair loss (short or long term) due to various medical conditions, with wigs. Anyone can donate hair for patients who lose hair during chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

Sargakshethra Cultural and Charitable Centre

Sarga Kshethra is a breeding ground for the creative talents of the young generation. It is a fertile ground (kshetra) to cultivate and develop native human potentials and creativity (sarga). Inspired by the vision and heritage of Blessed Kuriakose Chavara, one of the founding fathers of the CMI congregation, in dealing with the development of human resources, the congregation priests have been actively engaged in providing holistic and integral developments of individual persons through education and socio-economical activities.

Sarga Kshethra is one such action centres for human resources development run under the auspices of CI Sacred Heart Monastery, Chethipuzha, Changanacherry, for providing efficient leadership training to people of all age-groups, irrespective of caste and creed for developing their socio-cultural potentials and their artistic and creative talents.

Sarga Kshethra is concerned about the current social issues of Kerala and is working hard towards it. Programmes towards road safety, children’s cultural and holistic development, freedom from alcoholism and hair donations are few of them.

Cancer patients, especially females, as a result of chemotherapy, lose their hair in the process of their treatment. This usually affects them emotionally in addition to the already existing mental trauma. Hence, Sarga Kshethra came up with the idea of Hair Donation Campaign. In this, people are made aware of the situation and requested to donate their hair to make wigs, which will be given to the patients later.

The criteria for donating hair is as followed:

•Hair should be at least 15 inches in length
•Wash and cleanse your hair neatly (shampoo or condition hair, without any styling, hair spray, or additional hair products)
•Dandruff / Damaged / Chemically treated hair are not accepted
•Place rubber band or pony tail holder on each end
•Cut your hair just above the rubber band / pony tail holder on top
•Place pony tail in elastic band / in a zipper-lock bag and send it

At least 6-7 women’s hair is required to make one wig. The donated hair received is sorted according to their quality and then used to make a wig.

Share this:
MANY DROPS MAKE AN OCEAN
Support NewsKarnataka's quality independent journalism with a small contribution.

How useful was this post?

Click on a star to rate it!

Average rating 0 / 5. Vote count: 0

No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

To get the latest news on WhatsApp