Dear Well-wisher,

Thalassaemia is a dreaded genetic blood disorder which is affecting the lives of millions of children. Thalassaemics cannot produce enough blood and thus have to depend on others blood for survival. Beside safe blood, the patients have to take various medicines to chelate iron from their system and also to maintain normalcy of various organs. The treatment of thalassaemia costs around Rs 7000/- per month per patient.

The need of the hour is to prevent this disease through greater awereness and stand beside the unfortunate thalassaemics to help in giving them proper treatment.

In 1984 a group of bewildered but determined parents of the thalassaemics got together to form The Thalassaemia Society of India to combat the dreaded disease thalassaemia.

      The objectives of the Society are:

• To provide state-of-the-art treatment facilities to existing thalassaemics
•  To prevent thaalassaemia through awarness & counseling
•  To put in please rehabilitation programs for thalassaemics

Utpal Panda,

Secretary.