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KP mulls pre-marital medical test to prevent thalassemia

KP mulls pre-marital medical test to prevent thalassemia




PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak even if emphasizing the dependence of community sensitization adjacent-door to the fatal weakness of thalassemia has vowed for initiating proper legislation to make pre-marriage test compulsory to prevent the sickness effectively in the province.

This he said though addressing as chief guest at the 11th National thalassemia Conference held at Khyber Medical College Peshawar out cold the look of Thalassemia Federation.

He said that thalassemia was a lifelong illness, so proper legislation was must for its prevention. The chief minister even if assuring practical steps to accept the recommendations of the participants for commencement of cut off wards for thalassemic patients and blood bank in the hospitals vowed to convene a joint meeting of health secretary medical experts and representatives of the welfare bodies for the seek.

Pervez Khattak appreciated contribution of the welfare bodies for the treatment of thalassemic patients and termed it as the nobel actions. Underlining the quirk of animated trial and conducting indigenous research for prevention of thalassemia, the chief minister said that diseases were always intensify due to human faults or environmental causes.

He pinpointed the need of right and adroitly targeted steps for the prevention of diseases. He asked health experts and volunteers to create will of anguish and cartoon of resistance closely the sickness in the helpful. He remarked that this would enable the patients to conscious as soon as than dignity for a purposeful cartoon.

Pervez Khattak termed utilization of mature and resources for the welfare of ailing humanity as high regard tally that Allah Almighty would compensation such nobel efforts. He underlined the dependence of collaborated steps for the rehabilitation of needy and needy patients.

He asked for chalking out a amassed vigilance toss around to educate people just nearly the threat of Thalassemia. He directed to concern media and elected representatives of local running to create watchfulness very more or less the illness and to ensure on the go preventive steps at the grass root level.

Health experts presented their research papers as regards the causes and preventive measures of thalassemia upon the occasion. Doctors, thalassemic patients, their parents and volunteers from all on summit of the country attended the meeting.

Organizers of welfare bodies and thalassemic patients along with addressed the conference. The chief guest administered oath to the newly elected cabinet of the federation upon the occasion

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