Friday, May 9, 2008, Jamadi-ul-Awwal 2, 1429    

World Thalassamia Day observed in AJK

Mirpur— Like other parts of the world, Universal Thalassemia Day was observed in Azad Jammu Kashmir on Thursday with the renewal of the pledge to utilize maximum efforts to save children. The patients of Thallassemia through ensuring regular transfusion of blood other required treatment till complete recovery.
Special ceremonies were held in the public sector hospitals in various parts of AJK to observe the day. To raise awareness among the people including philanthropists for performing their due role for the recovery of the patients of thalassemia.
In Mirpur, a special ceremony followed by a walk to mark the day was held at the Thallassemia Treatment Centre located in DHQ Hospital under the auspices of Mirpur chapter of Thallassemia society of Pakistan President Thalassemia society Dr. Akram Chaudhry Dr. Innayat Ullah, secretary general thalassemia society of Pakistan, Mirpur chapter Dr. Zaffar Chaudhry Dr. Maqbool Ahmed, Mumtaz Raool—— Mir Dr. Amjad Insari, Azeem Khan of Kashmir Blood Bank and other philanthropists led the walk started form the DHQ Hospital.
Speaking on this occasion, Dr. Akram Chaudhry, Dr. Zaffar Iqbal Chaudhry, Children specialist Dr. Innayhat ULLah Tahir and other called for integrating maximum efforts to fight against the serious diseases of Thallassemia to save the child patient s of the disease.
They said that the first most-modern Thallassemia Treatment centre in Azad Jammu Kashmir is already working at the District Headquarter Hospital Mirpur in order to extend latest treatmetn to the patients. They recalled that the center was set up with the collaboration of the philanthropists engaged in serving the sick humanity.
Speakers said that recent emergence of Thalassemia center at Mirpur District Hospital was a major breakthrough in the medical field in Azad Kashmir after first most modern Thallassemia center in AJK was extending treatment to the children patients of Thalassemia, through transfusion of blood.
They pointed out that establishment of Thallassemia center in Mirpur was the pilot project of the integrated plan chalked out to extend latest medical treatment Centers to the child patients of Thallassemia through establishment of special Thallassemia Treatment centers in all eight district headquarterhospitals in Azad Kashmir with the collaboration an assistance of NGOs.— APP