The facility aims to detect severe genetic diseases in unborn babies during pregnancy and support families with counselling and informed reproductive choices. Ranchi: The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) conducted only 26 prenatal tests in the past year, though its genetics and genomics department has been offering free prenatal diagnosis for disorders like thalassemia…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan govt has ordered all state-run and private blood centres to provide blood and blood components to pregnant women without insisting on replacement donors – a policy shift aimed at preventing delays in obstetric emergencies and reducing maternal deaths linked to blood shortage.The order was issued on July 23 by the Rajasthan State…
Under the virtual classroom project, studios will be set up at the JEPC headquarters and district institutes of education and training in all five divisions Ranchi: In a major push for digital education and emergency healthcare, the state cabinet on Tuesday cleared a Rs 176.07 crore plan to introduce AI-based virtual classrooms in 1,000 secondary…
Ranchi: A year after health minister Irfan Ansari announced plans to establish the state’s first Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) unit to improve treatment for patients suffering from blood disorders such as sickle cell anaemia and thalassemia, the project remains stuck in the tendering stage. While the health department granted in-principle approval for the facility at…
An awareness rally taken out on the occasion of World Sickle Cell Awareness Day in Ranchi Ranchi: Health experts on the eve of World Sickle Cell Awareness Day on Thursday have stressed the need for universal antenatal screening of pregnant women during the first trimester to curb the spread of genetic blood disorders such as…
Thiruvananthapuram: Health minister K Muraleedharan will inaugurate a series of programmes to mark World Blood Donor Day at Ayyankali Hall in the city at 11am on Wednesday.Health department is organizing the event, with this year’s theme “Give a Drop of Humanity – Save a Life”, aiming to promote voluntary blood donation and raise public awareness…
Pune: Maharashtra’s battle against thalassemia is yielding results, with new cases seeing a steady decline over the last five years. State health department data reveal a consistent drop in new patients from 725 in 2021, 628 in 2022, 566 in 2023, 552 in 2024 to 458 in 2025.Experts and officials attribute this success to a…
