To facilitate and accelerate better treatment for poor destitute Thalassaemia Patients, Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC donated Tk. 10 Lac to Bangladesh Thalassaemia Hospital. The SEVP & Company Secretary of the Bank Md. Abul Bashar handed over the Cheque worth of Tk. 10 Lac with a formal ceremony organized by the Bangladesh Thalassaemia Hospital to Dr. A. K. M Ekramul Hossain Swapan, Executive Director of Bangladesh Thalassaemia Hospital on 03rd November 2024. While handing over of the donation cheque, the General Secretary of Bangladesh Thalassemia Samity Engineer Md. Mosharraf Hossain, the Chief Medical Officer of Bangladesh Thalassaemia Hospital Dr. Kabirul Islam, the FAVP of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC. Md. Sanaur Rashid (Sagor), the JAVP & In-charge of Public Relations Department (CC) K. M. Harunur Rashid and the Executive Officer of Shahjalal Islami Bank Foundation Md. Kamal Mia were also present.

Bangladesh Thalassemia Society and Hospital is a non-profit voluntary organization formed and running by Thalassemia patients and their parents. Thalassemia is a fatal hereditary disease of anemia. If both parents carry the gene for this disease, their child is likely to be born with thalassemia. Currently, according to a survey, 10 to 12 percent of people in Bangladesh are carriers of thalassemia. Accordingly, more than 2 crore people in our country are carriers of thalassemia disease. At present, about more than thousands of children in Bangladesh are suffering from this disease and every year 10-15 thousand children are born with this disease. It is very urgent to make awareness in our country’s people to prevent these fetal diseases drastically.

With regular blood transfusions and regular intake of some expensive medications, the patient can survive. But for this one have to spend 7 thousand to 20 thousand money per month beyond this disease. One can know whether he is a carrier of this disease by HP electrophoresis test from Bangladesh Thalassemia Society by spending only a few amounts of money. Only creating awareness among the mass people can prevent the birth of thalassemia affected children by stopping the marriage of a carrier with another carrier.