HEALTH AWARENESS WELFARE :
Karachi: 8-yr-old Thalassaemia patient with rare blood type looking for donors :
// KARACHI: Afifa, 8, suffers from an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin, which calls for frequent transfusion of fresh blood so that the patient could survive.
Thalassaemia is not at all a rare medical condition, but unfortunately, the type of Afifa’s blood certainly is.
This mum-dad’s little princess, who only wants to live a healthy life, was diagnosed with this genetic blood disorder five years back when she was just three. The news had blown the loving parents away, but the worst was yet to come.
“It came as a blow that benumbed us for a while, but then we made up our mind to do whatever we can to keep out child alive and healthy. We knew it’s a lifelong struggle, but we were resolved”, said her father, Wajahat Ayaz.
A tearful Ayaz said when Afifa’s blood type report arrived it got the better of us.
FACT CHECK: H/h, also known as Oh or the Bombay Blood Group, is a rare blood type. This blood phenotype was first discovered in Bombay, now known as Mumbai, in India, by Dr. Y. M. Bhende in 1952.
“We were told that hers is a blood group so rare that its donors could be counted on the fingers of one hand. At first we just broke down, but the next moment collected all the shards of our shattered world to make sure we grew old watching our child grow up, come what may”, Ayaz said further................//
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A.R.Shams's Reflection:
Most essential need in life is to 'care and let care about health' as 'Health is the rarest precious thing that we are blessed with.
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