The BDM International Alumni Association, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Calcutta Endeavour, organised WALKATHON 2026, a large-scale community initiative dedicated to thalassemia and cervical cancer awareness.
Rotary Club of Calcutta Majestic organised a Thalassemia Awareness Programme and Tree Plantation at its Interact School Techno India Group of Public School Garia.
World Thalassemia Day was observed on 8 May. India records between 10,000 and 15,000 new cases of Thalassemia Major every year, with national carrier rates estimated at 3 to 4 per cent, and as high as 10 per cent in certain parts of West Bengal, according to health department data.
Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Thursday urged people to work collectively towards a future of care, dignity, and hope for Thalassemia patients, on the occasion of World Thalassemia Day.
On Saraswati Puja, Ranjit Dey, the present generation of Deybari zamindar family of Serampore came forward to share concern with thalassemia-affected children.
Speaking to The Statesman, Dr Bishwaroop Roy Chowdhury, who is a you tube popular face said, “ There is no need to go through the painful and expensive procedure of dialysis and kidney transplant."
Chief Minister Khattar also distributed cards among 125 children suffering from Thalassemia through which they can get their blood tests done along with other tests like MRI, etc., free of cost for one year by the Municipal Corporation, Gurugram.
There are 19 government blood banks in north Bengal under the RBTC, and officials said the situation there too was more or less the same.
A social organization jointly with life care blood bank today conducted a blood donation camp at Janai. Maintaining social distancing, blood was donated by forty donors for the thalassemia - affected children who are in urgent need of blood transfusion.
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