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Hyderabad: A three-year-old boy, a thalassemia patient who was regularly undergoing blood transfusion, tested positive for HIV with the Nallakunta police now booking a case against a blood bank at Vidyanagar on charges of transferring HIV-infected blood to the boy. According to the police, a three-year-old boy from Rampally village in Ranga Reddy district was […]
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Hyderabad: Till a few years ago, the concept of genetic tests for pregnant women to foretell the possibility of passing on a defective gene to the baby was alien. More often than not, the medical condition of a just-born baby was dependant on a genetic lottery, where genes are inherited from the parents. While we […]
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Hyderabad: Members of city-based Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Society (TSCS), the voluntary organisation active in providing support to Thalassemia patients and also spreading awareness about it, have met Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu and highlighted the need to introduce a Bill in the country to prevent and eventually eradicate the genetic disorder. TSCS president, Chandrakant […]
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New Delhi: With over 10,000-15,000 children are born in India with thalassemia every year, experts say that the key in battling this genetic disorder is identifying it at early stages. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes the body to have less haemoglobin than normal. According to World Health Organisation, four million Indians are […]
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Hyderabad: Health Minister T. Harish Rao, who inaugurated the National Conference on Prevention of Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Anemia on Saturday, has responded positively to an appeal made by the Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Society (TSCS) on issuing government orders for a mandatory antenatal test – HbA2 for every pregnant woman in the first trimester […]
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Khammam: Commissioner of Police (CP) Vishnu S Warrier has assured all possible support to thalassemia patients from the police department. He flagged off the thalassemia awareness rally organised by Sankalpa Voluntary Organisation and Indian Medical Association here on Saturday and addressed the gathering. He lauded the services being rendered by social organisations to the benefit […]
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Mancherial: Government whip Balka Suman organised a mega blood donation camp to mark the birthday celebrations of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, in Mandamarri on Wednesday. Suman appreciated the donors for giving their blood to patients of blood disorders thalassemia and sickle cell. He requested everyone to come forward to give their blood to the […]
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Hyderabad: Scientists from Hyderabad in a ground-breaking research titled ‘Identification and Development of a High-Risk District Model in the Prevention of (Beta) β-Thalassemia in Telangana’ have identified high-risk districts for the prevalence of beta-thalassemia and developed models to prevent the disease by conducting population-based screening programmes. The researchers from the city-based Genome Foundation in collaboration […]
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Mancherial: Dr Y Suryanarayana, a dermatologist, his wife Dr Chandrakala and some government teachers collected 53 units of blood for patients of Thalassemia and sickle cell diseases, by conducting a blood donation camp here on Sunday. Suryanarayana said that many teachers and local youngsters voluntarily donated blood for the cause, following a request made on […]
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Akhil Mahajan was the chief guest of the event and handed over certificates of participation to the donors
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Online Blood Donors group evolved into a movement of sorts in the last decade, having facilitated lakhs of blood donations all over Telangana
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Akhil Goud Salapala donated blood for the first time in his life three months ago following the advice from his former mathematic teacher Paisa Satyam of ZPHS IDA Bollaram School
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The youngster was suffering from a severe form of thalassemia and the hospital transfused 77 units of blood as part of blood transfusion
