Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad Khan has said that a comprehensive strategy is needed to create awareness about all blood disorders so as to prevent the children from the same. These disorders include Thalassemia, hemophilia, leukemia, Bone Marrow complications and other diseases. This he said while talking to a delegation of Afzal Memorial Thalasseamia [...]
By Rizwan Ahmed Kiani, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad Thalassemia is an inherited genetic disorder associated with low hemoglobin due to defective production of hemoglobin and too much destruction of red blood cells. These are caused by mutation in ? or ? globin genes of haemoglobin. Haemoglobin production is affected in red blood cells, [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences established Thalassaemia Care Centre at its Ojha Campus. His Excellency, Governor Sindh & Chancellor, DUHS Dr. Ishrat Ul Ibad Khan inaugurated the Centre at a Ceremony held recently at Governor House, Karachi. Prof. Dr. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor, Prof. M. Umer Farooq, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dr. Zeenat Ayoob, Registrar, Prof. [...]
Patients’ Welfare Association (PWA) along with Health Department of Sindh inaugurated Thalassemia Day Care Center at Civil Hospital, Karachi. Provincial Minister of Health, Dr. Sagheer alongwtih renowned industrialist S. M. Muneer performed the Inauguration Ceremony. Secretary Health Syed Hashim Raza Zaidi, Medical Superintendent Civil Hospital Prof. Saeed Qureshi and volunteers of Patients Welfare Association (PWA) [...]
