Dear Friends,
It is our great pleasure to inform you Renal transplantation has been done to Miss May Thu Kyaw's body yesterday very successfully. She is in intensive care unit now. According to the doctors attending to her, she is doing well. Urine output is much more. Her mother, the potential donor, is also doing well. The donor will be discharged from Hospital on 18th Sept. Miss May Thu Kyaw will be kept in ICU for 3 or 4 days; after being stable she will be shifted to norma room, and she may also be discharged within next 7 to 8 days from hospital. We are very happy Miss May Thu Kyaw will lead a new life with all your Metta and contributions.
With thanks,
Ven. Dr. Nando Batha
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Social Life is key to good health: Study
Group Membership Can Reduce Risk of Stroke, Dementia And Even Common Cold
Washington: The quality of social life has a greater impact on a person’s health and well – being than diet and exercise, according to a new study.
Researchers have found that quality of an individual’s social life significantly reduces the risk of condition like stroke, dementia and even the common cold. These findings have been validated by the universities of Exeter and Queensland, Australia, based on a review study of previous research, including their own, which links group membership with physical and mental health.
Lead researcher Alex Haslam, a professor at the University of Exeter said: “We are social animals who live and have evolved to live in social groups. Membership of groups, from football teams to book clubs and voluntary societies, gives us a sense of social identity. This is an indispensable part of who we are and what we need to be in order to lead rich and fulfilling lives. For this reason groups are central to mental functioning health and well-being.”
The researchers have based their findings on an analysis of a number of recent studies.
A 2008 study of stroke sufferers showed that being able to maintain valued group memberships placed an important role in positive recovery as an ability to overcome cognitive difficulties. After their stroke, people’s life satisfaction increased by 12 percent for every group membership.
Likewise, a 2009 study of residents entering a new care home showed that those who participated as a group in decisions related to the decoration of communal areas used those areas 57 percent more over the next month and were far happier as a result. In contrast, the use of space by residents in a control group declined by 60 percent.
Co-researcher Jolanda Jetten of the University of Queensland said: “New research shows just how important groups and social identity are to well-being. This is something that people often overlook in the rush to find medical solutions to problems associated with ageing. But it is time that these factors were taken much more seriously.”
The findings are published in the latest edition of the ‘Scientific American Mind’journal. AGENCIES
[THE TIMES OF INDIA, KOLKATA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009]
Washington: The quality of social life has a greater impact on a person’s health and well – being than diet and exercise, according to a new study.
Researchers have found that quality of an individual’s social life significantly reduces the risk of condition like stroke, dementia and even the common cold. These findings have been validated by the universities of Exeter and Queensland, Australia, based on a review study of previous research, including their own, which links group membership with physical and mental health.
Lead researcher Alex Haslam, a professor at the University of Exeter said: “We are social animals who live and have evolved to live in social groups. Membership of groups, from football teams to book clubs and voluntary societies, gives us a sense of social identity. This is an indispensable part of who we are and what we need to be in order to lead rich and fulfilling lives. For this reason groups are central to mental functioning health and well-being.”
The researchers have based their findings on an analysis of a number of recent studies.
A 2008 study of stroke sufferers showed that being able to maintain valued group memberships placed an important role in positive recovery as an ability to overcome cognitive difficulties. After their stroke, people’s life satisfaction increased by 12 percent for every group membership.
Likewise, a 2009 study of residents entering a new care home showed that those who participated as a group in decisions related to the decoration of communal areas used those areas 57 percent more over the next month and were far happier as a result. In contrast, the use of space by residents in a control group declined by 60 percent.
Co-researcher Jolanda Jetten of the University of Queensland said: “New research shows just how important groups and social identity are to well-being. This is something that people often overlook in the rush to find medical solutions to problems associated with ageing. But it is time that these factors were taken much more seriously.”
The findings are published in the latest edition of the ‘Scientific American Mind’journal. AGENCIES
[THE TIMES OF INDIA, KOLKATA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009]
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Eight Clues to Happiness
Eight clues to happiness
Having lived a reasonably contented life, I was musing over what a person should strive for to achieve happiness. I drew up a list of a few essentials which I put forward for the readers' appraisal.
First and foremost is good health. If you do not enjoy good health you can never be happy. Any ailment, however trivial, will deduct from your happiness.
Second, a healthy bank balance. It need not run into crores but should be enough to provide for creature comforts and something to spare for recreation, like eating out, going to pictures, travelling or going on holidays on the hills or by the sea. Shortage of money can be only demoralizing. Living on credit or borrowing is demeaning and lowers one in one's own eyes.
Third, a home of your own. Rented premises can never give you the snug feeling of a nest which is yours for keeps that a home provides: if it has a garden space, all the better. Plant your own trees and flowers, see them grow and blossom, cultivate a sense of kinship with them.
Fourth, an understanding companion, be it your spouse or a friend. If there are too many misunderstandings, they will rob you of your peace of mind. It is better to be divorced than to bicker all the time.
Fifth, lack of envy towards those who have done better than you in life – risen higher, made more money, or earned more fame. Envy can be very corroding; avoid comparing yourself with others.
Sixth, do not allow other people to descend on you for gup-shup. By the time you get rid of them, you will feel exhausted and poisoned by their gossip-mongering.
Seventh, Cultivate some hobbies which can bring you a sense of fulfillment, such as gardening, reading, writing, painting, playing or listening to music. Going to clubs or parties to get free drinks or to meet celebrities is criminal waste of time.
Eighth, every morning and evening, devote 15 minutes to introspection. In the morning, 10 minutes should be spent on stilling the mind and then five in listing things you have to do that day. In the evening, five minutes to still the mind again, and ten to go over what you had undertaken to do.
Nathaniel Cotton (1721-1788) summed up my views on the subject in one verse: If solid happiness we prize,/ Within our breast this jewel lies;/ and they are fools who roam:/ The world has nothing to bestow;/ From our own selves our joys must flow/ And that dear hut, - our home.
[Khushwant Singh]
[The Telegraph, Saturday 12 September 09]
Sunday, September 6, 2009
List of Donors for saving Miss. May Thu Kyaw's life
Dear Friends,
Donation drive has been made to save Miss. May Thu Kyaw's life. Great thanks for all who contribute something. Nothing is small in donation. We expect within this week more donors will come forward for this noble cause. Here is the list of donors given below.
1) Ken & Visakha Kawasaki, BRM, Kandy, Sri Lanka USD $ 100/=
2) Russa Road Young Buddhist Student Literacy Mission,
Kathor, Badu, Barasat, Kolkata, W.B., India. USD $ 1000/=
3) Mr. Ko Ko Gyi, Yangon, Myanmar Rs. 1500/=
4) Ma Thidar Soe Aung, Yangon, Myanmar Rs. 1500/=
5) Mr. Phillip Barua, Kolkata, India. Rs. 1000/=
6) Mr. S. Nath Das, Barasat, Kolkata, India. Rs. 2000/=
Dear Friends,
Donation drive has been made to save Miss. May Thu Kyaw's life. Great thanks for all who contribute something. Nothing is small in donation. We expect within this week more donors will come forward for this noble cause. Here is the list of donors given below.
1) Ken & Visakha Kawasaki, BRM, Kandy, Sri Lanka USD $ 100/=
2) Russa Road Young Buddhist Student Literacy Mission,
Kathor, Badu, Barasat, Kolkata, W.B., India. USD $ 1000/=
3) Mr. Ko Ko Gyi, Yangon, Myanmar Rs. 1500/=
4) Ma Thidar Soe Aung, Yangon, Myanmar Rs. 1500/=
5) Mr. Phillip Barua, Kolkata, India. Rs. 1000/=
6) Mr. S. Nath Das, Barasat, Kolkata, India. Rs. 2000/=
7) U San Maung and friends, South Korea. USD 500/=
8) Teachers and students of Bodhisukha School, Kolkata. Rs. 13400/=
9) Moe Moe Kyi, Yangon. Rs. 1000/=
10) Ma Soe Soe Myint, Yangon. Rs. 1000/=
Dear Friends,
It is our pleasure to inform you that we have been trying to raise fund for partial treatment cost for Miss May Thu Kyaw. It is great news that Mrs. Sein Tha Aung (a) Sankaria Sanyal, the principal of Bodhisukha School has given her conscent that she will undertake all treatment cost for the patient. Parents will have to return the amount taken from her within three months without any interest. We are very happy to manage the fund in this way. So let us hope all the best for Miss May Thu Kyaw, who will be admitted to hospital on 14th September 09 and Kidney transplantation will be taken place on 16th Sept.
9) Moe Moe Kyi, Yangon. Rs. 1000/=
10) Ma Soe Soe Myint, Yangon. Rs. 1000/=
Dear Friends,
It is our pleasure to inform you that we have been trying to raise fund for partial treatment cost for Miss May Thu Kyaw. It is great news that Mrs. Sein Tha Aung (a) Sankaria Sanyal, the principal of Bodhisukha School has given her conscent that she will undertake all treatment cost for the patient. Parents will have to return the amount taken from her within three months without any interest. We are very happy to manage the fund in this way. So let us hope all the best for Miss May Thu Kyaw, who will be admitted to hospital on 14th September 09 and Kidney transplantation will be taken place on 16th Sept.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Urgent Assistance needed to Save Miss. May Thu Kyaw
Urgent assistance needed to Save Ms. May Thu KyawDear friends,
Russa Road Young Buddhist Student Literacy Mission is giving health care services to the patients especially coming from Burma and Bangladesh. Our services include interpretation, co-ordination between patients and doctors, helping for completion of all formalities to get permission from Health Department, Government of West Bengal, in case of organ transplants with unrelated donors etc. For the last two years the Mission has been giving all these services. More than 60 patients, mostly with kidney failure diseases, from Burma got better treatment here at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, with our Health Help Services. Now all of them are leading their normal lives. Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, is the only hospital, which has JCI certificate in eastern India.
Ms. May Thu Kyaw, aged 11, with kidney failure disease, arrived here at our Mission along with her parents on 20/07/09. Earlier she was treated at Child General Hospital in Yangon for 8 months, but the condition was deteriorating day by day. According to her parents if they were late to reach India for two weeks more, then their daughter may be no more alive, because all medical facilities are not available there. Immediately her arriving in India, we took her to Nephrologist, who advised to get her admitted in Hospital. Accordingly we got her admitted the next day on 21/07/09. After being stable in all sides, doctors tried to make neckline on her neck, through which only dialysis can be done safely. Unfortunately it was not successful, and then the doctors took an alternate option to do from the vein at thigh. After being successful this time, she was doing well and discharged from hospital, and waiting for completion of all formalities to be done. While preparing for renal transplant, which will take place after 3 days, she became senseless with high blood pressure. Got admitted to hospital again, she was kept in ICU for three days. Now doctors are trying again to put neckline on her neck. After neckline done successfully, she needs to kidney transplant, which will take place on 14th September, 2009. The potential donor is her mother, Daw Htay Htay Kyi. During these two times hospitalizations before actual kidney transplant done, all money, the parents have brought, has gone. Her father, Ko Ko Naing, is a bus driver by profession, having very low income. They came here getting helps from friend's circles. Huge amount of expenditures already incurred while eight months hospitalization in Yangon. Now their friend's circles also cannot support any more.
Now I would like to appeal to you to save her life. She is only 11 years old. Saving her life depends on your kind and generous donation. According to kidney package expenditure, she will need $ 10000/-. This Mission has sanctioned $ 1000/. The amount left with parents is $ 2500/-. So we are in urgent need $ 6500/- more. Kindly come forward to save her. All money transaction will be done through bank. Bank statement will be sent to each and every donor.
Russa Road Young Buddhist Student Literacy Mission is giving health care services to the patients especially coming from Burma and Bangladesh. Our services include interpretation, co-ordination between patients and doctors, helping for completion of all formalities to get permission from Health Department, Government of West Bengal, in case of organ transplants with unrelated donors etc. For the last two years the Mission has been giving all these services. More than 60 patients, mostly with kidney failure diseases, from Burma got better treatment here at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, with our Health Help Services. Now all of them are leading their normal lives. Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, is the only hospital, which has JCI certificate in eastern India.
Ms. May Thu Kyaw, aged 11, with kidney failure disease, arrived here at our Mission along with her parents on 20/07/09. Earlier she was treated at Child General Hospital in Yangon for 8 months, but the condition was deteriorating day by day. According to her parents if they were late to reach India for two weeks more, then their daughter may be no more alive, because all medical facilities are not available there. Immediately her arriving in India, we took her to Nephrologist, who advised to get her admitted in Hospital. Accordingly we got her admitted the next day on 21/07/09. After being stable in all sides, doctors tried to make neckline on her neck, through which only dialysis can be done safely. Unfortunately it was not successful, and then the doctors took an alternate option to do from the vein at thigh. After being successful this time, she was doing well and discharged from hospital, and waiting for completion of all formalities to be done. While preparing for renal transplant, which will take place after 3 days, she became senseless with high blood pressure. Got admitted to hospital again, she was kept in ICU for three days. Now doctors are trying again to put neckline on her neck. After neckline done successfully, she needs to kidney transplant, which will take place on 14th September, 2009. The potential donor is her mother, Daw Htay Htay Kyi. During these two times hospitalizations before actual kidney transplant done, all money, the parents have brought, has gone. Her father, Ko Ko Naing, is a bus driver by profession, having very low income. They came here getting helps from friend's circles. Huge amount of expenditures already incurred while eight months hospitalization in Yangon. Now their friend's circles also cannot support any more.
Now I would like to appeal to you to save her life. She is only 11 years old. Saving her life depends on your kind and generous donation. According to kidney package expenditure, she will need $ 10000/-. This Mission has sanctioned $ 1000/. The amount left with parents is $ 2500/-. So we are in urgent need $ 6500/- more. Kindly come forward to save her. All money transaction will be done through bank. Bank statement will be sent to each and every donor.
Kindly send your kind donation to :
Instruction for Remittance in US Dollars for Savings Account:
Transaction Reference No. :
To : :JP Morgan Chase Bank
N.Y, USA
SWIFT – CHASUS33
ABA – 021000021
For Credit to : 001-1-407376 CHIPS UID 340191
AXIS Bank Ltd., Mumbai
For Further credit to : AXIS Bank Ltd.
Kolkata Main Branch
SWIFT – UTIBINBB005
Ultimate Beneficiary : Name: Russa Road Young Buddhist Student Literacy Mission,
S.B. A/C No. 021010100009202
For further information please contact to : ndbatha@gmail.com
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