Personal Physician of Prime Minister and Emeritus Professor of BSMMU ABM Abdullah attended the function as chief guest Speakers at a reunion of blood donors and recipients called for making blood test compulsory before marriage to ensure building a thalassemia free Bangladesh.
They said blood test helps identify the carriers of thalassemia and prevent the number of 25 per cent birth of thalassemia patients.
The first ever reunion of over 200 blood donors and 200 thalassemic patients was organised by Quantum Foundation (QF) at the IDEB bhaban on the occasion of World Blood Donors Day to get scope of showing feelings for each others.
Personal Physician of Prime Minister and Emeritus Professor of BSMMU ABM Abdullah attended the function as chief guest and spoke during a seminar on Thalassemia later on.
QF Voluntary Blood Donation programmme Chief Coordinator Madam Nahar Al Bokhari presided over the seminar which was addressed by President of Hematology Society of Bangladesh Professor Dr AKM Mostafa Abedin and Advisor of Bangladesh Thalassemia Society Hospital Syed Didar Bakht.
QF Director Motivation of Voluntary Blood Donation Programme M Rezaul Hasan also spoke.
Chief guest Dr Abdullah said though total cure from thalassemia is still under research, its prevention can be ensured through identifying the carriers before marriage and check the number of birth.
Dr Abdullah assured of highlighting the importance of the compulsory blood test at the time of marriage registration to the Prime Minister so that a related policy guideline can be formulated.
Didar Bakht said 80 to 90 per cent thalassemia can be prevented by stopping marriage of two thalassemia carriers. He said countries like India, Pakistan, Turkey, Italy etc., have already been declared thalassemia- free.
AKM Mostafa Abedin laid importance on registering the numbers of carriers for the prevention of thalassemia spread.
Umme Salma Moushumi shared the memory of her mother's critical condition for blood need at her childhood and said she carries the feeling of saving mothers, family, by donating every 41 times till now.
Maisha Binte Shadat as recipient of blood expressed her gratitude after meeting so many donors together and said she is still alive at her age 14 which her parents never expected at the time of her diagnosis.
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