J&K Thalassemia Welfare Society honours MD JKSPDC

Srinagar, May 7: Essential Medical Supplies worth Rs 29 lakh were recently donated for children affected by Thalassemia by J&K State Power Development Corporation under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

As per a press release, the medical supplies donated included essential medicines (Desferioxamine/Desferal), portable infusion pumps and other medical instruments needed for monitoring the thalassemic patients. Pump driven Desferioxamine (S/C) infusion remains a standard & effective treatment for iron chelation (removal of excess iron from the body) in Thalassemia.

For this gesture, MD JKSPDC, Rahul Yadav was felicitated by J&K Thalassemia Welfare Society with a traditional shawl and memento at a simple yet graceful function. Present on this occasion were President JKTWS, Er. Sudhir Sethi, Dr. Kuldeep Kumar Kaul, former Prof & Head Pathology Deptt. GMC Jammu and Medical Advisor JKTWS; Dr. Sanjeev Digra, Prof & Head Paediatric Deptt. SMGS Hospital, GMC Jammu & I/C Thalassemia Day Care Centre; executive members of JKTWS namely Rajinder Pathak,  Shammi Kapoor, Narinder Mahajan, Puneet Gandotra and Sunandan Anand. Faculty and  experts on the subject of thalassemia from medical institutions of North India besides faculty from Deptt. of Paediatrics GMC Jammu were also present. It is pertinent to mention that President JKTWS, Er. Sudhir Sethi had worked very hard for procurement of these essential medical supplies under CSR which are important for survival of Thalassemic children.

Dr Kuldeep Kumar Kaul and Dr. Sanjiv Digra highlighted the important role of these iron chelating agents & medical instruments required for monitoring the disease in these children. 

J&K Thalassemia Welfare Society is doing its level best for the welfare of these affected children which include a series of blood donation camps on regular basis, comprehensive medical check-up camps twice a year, in which internationally reputed medical experts on thalassemia namely Dr. V.P. Choudhary, former Prof. & Head Haematology AIIMS New Delhi and Dr JS Arora, General Secretary National Thalassemia Society, examine these children, provide expert opinion on certain individual peculiar problems of both boys & girls that are seen when these children reach adolescent age. Lectures on prevention of thalassemia & selecting & preparing these children for stem cell transplant is also being done. In the end, Er. Sudhir Sethi, President JKTWS, on behalf of the Society, expressed his deepest gratitude to MD JKSPDC & other guest faculty of GMC Jammu and from outside J&K U.T.