Thalassem

A one-year-old girl, conceived by her parents through IVF technology specifically for the purpose of donating her bone marrow to their thalassemic son, has succeeded in saving her six-year-old brother's life.

Thalassemia patients in West Bengal are facing a tough time as the blood banks in the state have gone dry due to restrictions on people's movement and a bar on donation drives amid the 21-day lockdown imposed to contain coronavirus epidemic.

A Muslim man in Bihar chose humanity over religious customs, broke his Ramadan fast to donate blood to an eight-year-old Hindu thalassemic boy and saved his life. Jawed Alam on Tuesday donated blood to Rajesh Kumar in Gopalganj district, a district health official said.

World Thalassemia Day 2018: Thalassemia minor becomes problematic only when two thalassemia minor people decide to get married and plan pregnancy.

She travelled from one country to another alone for treatment of her three-month old daughter, a thalassemic patient, a decision for which her husband and in-laws abandoned her.

A nine-year-old boy suffering from sickle-cell anaemia and thalassemia was allegedly given blood of a wrong group during transfusion at the Kandhamal district headquarters hospital leading to the deterioration in his health condition.

Government employees who have children suffering from Thalassemia and Haemophilia will be exempted from routine transfers and will not be asked to take voluntary retirement on refusing such postings.

An eight-year-old thalassemic boy's joy knew no bounds when his dream of becoming a senior police officer for a day came true.

In what is being alleged as a case of medical negligence, 23 thalassemic children have tested positive for HIV at the Junagadh civil hospital in Gujarat.

The 14 day old strike by the staff of the Red Cross blood bank has been called off by mutual consent between the Indian Red Cross Society and the employees of the blood bank. The employees have been promised that a decision concerning their demands would be taken in two months time. The news will come as a welcome respite for thalassaemic patients...

The employees of the Red Cross Blood Bank in Delhi that have gone on an indefinite strike since May 8, 2001 has affected the thalassaemia patients in Delhi severely. The strike was initiated by the Society staff in agitation against differences in wages between them and the government hospital employees since May 7. The Red Cross Blood Bank in Del...

No sales tax would be levied on medication for thalassaemia and the equipment used for its treatment, said the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, at the third National Thalassaemia Conference held in New Delhi. The conference was organised by the Delhi government in association with the National Thalassaemia Welfare Society and the All India Instit...

A one-year-old girl, conceived by her parents through IVF technology specifically for the purpose of donating her bone marrow to their thalassemic son, has succeeded in saving her six-year-old brother's life.

Thalassemia patients in West Bengal are facing a tough time as the blood banks in the state have gone dry due to restrictions on people's movement and a bar on donation drives amid the 21-day lockdown imposed to contain coronavirus epidemic.

A Muslim man in Bihar chose humanity over religious customs, broke his Ramadan fast to donate blood to an eight-year-old Hindu thalassemic boy and saved his life. Jawed Alam on Tuesday donated blood to Rajesh Kumar in Gopalganj district, a district health official said.

World Thalassemia Day 2018: Thalassemia minor becomes problematic only when two thalassemia minor people decide to get married and plan pregnancy.

She travelled from one country to another alone for treatment of her three-month old daughter, a thalassemic patient, a decision for which her husband and in-laws abandoned her.

A nine-year-old boy suffering from sickle-cell anaemia and thalassemia was allegedly given blood of a wrong group during transfusion at the Kandhamal district headquarters hospital leading to the deterioration in his health condition.

Government employees who have children suffering from Thalassemia and Haemophilia will be exempted from routine transfers and will not be asked to take voluntary retirement on refusing such postings.

An eight-year-old thalassemic boy's joy knew no bounds when his dream of becoming a senior police officer for a day came true.

In what is being alleged as a case of medical negligence, 23 thalassemic children have tested positive for HIV at the Junagadh civil hospital in Gujarat.

The 14 day old strike by the staff of the Red Cross blood bank has been called off by mutual consent between the Indian Red Cross Society and the employees of the blood bank. The employees have been promised that a decision concerning their demands would be taken in two months time. The news will come as a welcome respite for thalassaemic patients...

The employees of the Red Cross Blood Bank in Delhi that have gone on an indefinite strike since May 8, 2001 has affected the thalassaemia patients in Delhi severely. The strike was initiated by the Society staff in agitation against differences in wages between them and the government hospital employees since May 7. The Red Cross Blood Bank in Del...

No sales tax would be levied on medication for thalassaemia and the equipment used for its treatment, said the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, at the third National Thalassaemia Conference held in New Delhi. The conference was organised by the Delhi government in association with the National Thalassaemia Welfare Society and the All India Instit...