Thalassemia Day Care Centre

Thalassaemia is a congenital anomaly that causes severe anemia and other complications in its sufferers. This incurable ailment claims millions of victims every year and has a high fatality rate if it is not managed adequately. People with this bleak condition need regular blood transfusions, medicine and routine medical checkups. Thus the management of Thalassaemia is not only difficult but also very expensive and unaffordable for people with a low financial status.

Patients’ Welfare Association has been helping out such destitute and distressed souls since 1982 with the construction of its blood bank by providing them free of cost screened blood bags. As the number of patients with this illness rose, PWA established a separate sub department for Thalasaemia that provided packed red blood cells (RBCs), iron chelating agents and other medicine to over 110 registered patients with many more unregistered patients also receiving blood bags. As the victims of this dreadful disease are increasing day by day, PWA aims to establish Thalasaemia Day Care Centre to accommodate many more patients as well as provide better health care facilities for them This centre will not only provide medicine and blood but also free checkups, follow ups and diagnostic tests. Its construction is already under way but substantial finances are required for its completion.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES OF THALASSEMIA DAY CARE CENTRE
• Our day care centre with a transfusion hall , clinic and an emergency unit.
• A spacious and comfortable atmosphere for the infusion of blood equipped with transfusion chairs and beds.
• Regular consultation with a qualified doctor within our premises

FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED AT THALASSEMIA DAY CARE CENTRE
• Screening for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.
• Iron chelating agents when required along with other necessary medication.
• Diagnostic Facilities.
• Infusion pumps.

EXPECTED ANNUAL EXPENDITURE FOR SINGLE PATIENT IS : Rs. 100,000/-Approx.
EXPECTED ANNUAL EXPENDITURE FOR 200 PATIENTS IS : Rs.20 million/- Approx.