Thalassemia awareness seminar held at Shaikh Ayaz auditorium of the SU varsity's faculty of arts with VC Prof Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat in the Chair.

The Bureau of Students Tutorial Guidance/Counseling Services and Co-curricular Activities (STAGS) in collaboration with Sindh Sartyoon Welfare Society (SSWS), Thalassemia Care Centre, Badin and Kashif Iqbal Thalassemia Care Centre, Karachi organised the seminar.

Dr Burfat, in his remarks as event president, stressed opportune diagnostic moves as effective prevention strategies; adding the world had up until then, made significant headway in the Thalassemia control and cure domain.

Dr Muhammad Iqbal of Kashif Iqbal Thalassemia Care Centre, Karachi said that one tragic personal experience inspired him to serve in Thalassemia sector. He said unfortunately two billion populations in Pakistan suffered from Thalassemia.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019