An international seminar on thalassemia eradication, management and clinical treatment was held here jointly by the Thalassemia Care Society Odisha (TCSO) and the Aster CMI Hospital of Bangalore.
The State’s first physically-challenged administrative officer Sanyasi Behera, OAS, inaugurated the seminar as chief guest. He advised the patients and their guardians and parents to take right blood in time. He also assured them to assist according to his potentiality.
Dr Fulvio Porta, a paediatrician, hemato oncologist and bone marrow transplantation (BMT) expert of Brecia Child Hospital, Italy, spoke for better BMT and elaborated on how to manage Thalassemia disease.
Dr Sagar Bhattada and Dr CP Raghuram, Hemato Oncologist and BMT expert, gave valuable lessons for the right management of the disease and advised to try to keep HB level at 10 gram.
TCSO president Vijaya Kumar Rout gave welcome address. General secretary Nirakar Panda spoke about the problems faced by thalassemia patients in the Government hospitals. Among others, TCSO vice-president Gunjan Agrawal and treasurer Raghunath Pradhan managed the event, whereas secretary Deepak Jhali gave votes of thank.