In Odisha, nearly 1,500 children are suffering from the Thalassemia disease while Khordha district topped the list with around 400 patients.
This was informed at a blood donation camp organised by the Business Intelligence Professionals Pvt ltd here where 23 units of blood were collected and given to the Capital Hospital Model Blood Bank.
Bhubaneswar (North) MlA Priyadarshi Mishra inaugurated the camp and laid emphasis on regular transfusion of blood for Thalassemia patients, or they get anaemic.
Business Intelligence Professionals Pvt ltd managing director Dhirendra Kar said nearly eight to 10,000 children born with Thalassemia disease every year in India while the disease is found in one child out of 15 children in Delhi.