WORLD THALASSEMIA DAY 2020 “NEED OF THE HOUR IS TO HAVE AN EFFICIENT, COUNTRY WIDE PROGRAM FOR PREVENTION AND CURE OF THALASSEMIA”
Mumbai, 7 th MAY 2020 : World Thalassemia Day which is observed on 8th May every year, marks attention towards Thalassemia, a health condition characterized by abnormal formation of hemoglobin. Often, a blood stem cell transplant is the most critical form of treatment for a Thalassemia patient. Hence, this World Thalassemia Day, DKMS BMST Foundation India, urges people across India to register themselves as a potential blood stem cell donor and become a lifesaver. Thalassemia is an inherited disorder where the body produces reduced quantity of blood. In the current Indian context, every year 10,000 new cases of Thalassemia are diagnosed. Parents, who are usually asymptomatic, are the carriers of this disease and have a 25% chance of passing this disease to their children. Dr. Sunil Bhatt, Director and Clinical Lead, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Narayana Health, Bengaluru said “Considering the cases of thalassemia in India, th...