The State Government has taken steps to set up daycare centres for hemophilia patients in the three State-run medical college hospitals and the Capital Hospital, said a senior hematologist here on Wednesday.
Addressing a gathering of around 200 hemophilia patients from all over the State at the Siksha O Anusandhan University (SOA) University, Shrirama Chandra Bhanj Medical College (SCB) assistant clinical hematologist Dr Sudha Sethy said the Government would be preparing a register of such patients.
“Depending on which district has the highest number of such patients, another daycare centre will be set up in that district,” she added.
Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital Dean Prof DK Ray also addressed the meeting. Sum Hospital Medical Superintendent PK Mohanty promised the patients that with the authorisation of the Hemophilia Society, the Sum Hospital would extend cheap or free treatment to hemophilia patients. The society’s secretary Chittaranjan Das also spoke.
The State-level ‘Hemophilia Treatment and Awareness Camp’ was organised by the Bhubaneswar chapter of the Hemophilia Society.