About to get married? Go and get yourself tested for Thalassemia!

Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 16:17

When most of the children in the age –group six –ten years are busy playing and enjoying their childhood to the fullest; Amit Shankar (name changed) is lying on a hospital bed being administered blood transfusion for thalassemia. This is a common routine for the six year old for he has to visit a blood transfusion clinic every three –eight weeks to maintain his haemoglobin level.

Lockerbie bomber health deteriorating, says family

Last Updated: Saturday, April 14, 2012, 13:11

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was taken from his home in Tripoli to the intensive care unit of a private hospital.

Three booked for wrong blood transfusion in Chandi

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 13:37

Nearly five-and-a-half months after a magisterial probe indicted three people, including two doctors, for wrong blood transfusion to a pregnant woman here, a case has finally been registered against them.