Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna
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17th Oct, 2020
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- Union Health Minister launches 2nd phase of “Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna”
- Launched in 2017, this scheme is a Coal India CSR funded Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) program.
- The CSR initiative was targeted to provide financial assistance to a total of 200 patients by providing a package cost not exceeding Rs. 10 lakhs per HSCT.
- It aims to provide a one-time cure opportunity for Haemoglobinopathies like Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Disease for patients who have a matched family donor.
- Thalassemia It is a chronic blood disorder.
- It is a genetic disorderdue to which a patient cannot make enough hemoglobin found in Red Blood Cells (RBC’s).
- This leads to anemia and patients also require blood transfusions every two to three weeks to survive.
- India is the thalassaemia capital of the world with 40 million carriers and over 1,00,000 thalassaemia majors under blood transfusion every month.
