Health professionals stressed the need for a stronger and effective working relationship between ob-gyn professionals and haematologists to curb maternal deaths due to blood disorders and prevent hereditary blood diseases such as thalassaemia which is the largest genetically transmitted blood disorder in Pakistan.
They were addressing a crowd of more than hundred doctors, mostly specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology, at the launch of 'Haematological Disorders in Gynaecology and Obstetrics' here on Tuesday. The launch was addressed by Professor Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi, Major General (Retd) Masood Anwer, Dean, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Professor Nusrat H Khan, Head of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Unit I, Civil Hospital and DUHS, Karachi and eminent haematologist, Dr Khalid Zafar Hashmi.-PR