(HBO) - MEDLATEC Hospital (Hanoi) collaborated with the Department of Health, the Provincial General Hospital to organize a Gala to start screening and managing thalassemia (also called congenital hemolysis) in Hoa Binh.
Mr. Bui Van Cuu, the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee
of the province and Professor, the Hero of Labor Nguyen Anh Tri pressed the
start button for the Gala to start screening and managing thalassemia in Hoa
Binh province.
At the program, 20 officials and doctors of MEDLATEC Hospital
under the professional guidance of the Professor, the Hero of Labor Nguyen Anh
Tri, the Chairman of Thalassemia Association in Vietnam collaborated with the
Provincial General Hospital to carry out screening and selecting free
thalassemia treatment for 2,000 Hoa Binh residents with a cost of 3 billion
VND. Specifically, people are allowed to perform screening tests including the
total blood cell analysis, the serum iron determination, the quantitative
Ferritin determination. At the same time, the knowledge of thalassemia is
provided before testing and counseling after the results are available.
Currently, the number of people suffering from thalassemia
is increasing. It is estimated that over 12 million people carrying the disease
genes throughout the country, of which Muong ethnic minority people account for
41.4%. Each year more than 2,000 people with thalassemia must be treated
throughout their life. For every 8,000 babies born with the disease gene, ¼ of
them are severely ill. While the average cost of treatment for a severe patient
from birth to age 30 is about 3 billion VND.
Making a speech at the program, the Vice Chairman of the
People's Committee of the province has emphasized that thalassemia is a
dangerous genetic disease that cannot be cured but it can actively be screened
and prevented early by blood tests. Therefore, screening and managing the
disease plays a very important role and it is necessary to pay more attention
to implement it more effectively in the future. We hope that this meaningful
program will receive the response from the people to contribute to the
screening of thalassemia in the area.
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