Citizens living under the limits of Kolkata Municipal Corporation would soon be able to get tested for thalassemia at primary health centres in every ward.
The KMC is working on schemes to set up a dedicated thalassemia hub in the city to facilitate tests and treatments of the disease in all its 144 wards. The civic body is mulling over plans to launch a pilot project on managing beta thalassemia for which a team of 15 medical officers, who are a part of the core group, to get training in Delhi.
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The core team would later impart training on the latest treatment of the disease to other members of the dedicated team to form a larger group of 150 medical officers.
The dedicated team would work for three years finding out the do’s and don’ts to prevent the disease.
The KMC would also conduct programmes to create awareness among the citizens of Kolkata for early detection of the disease. The project is being done by KMC with concerted efforts of ECHO India which is the official partner of the civic body for various projects.
“Thalassemia is to be set under the vector control department,” informed the deputy mayor of KMC, Atin Ghosh, yesterday. “Activities on other vector control measures would also be carried out from the hub. Our health workers would also be updated on the latest measures from the 13 hubs,” added the MMiC health, KMC.
Meanwhile, a library with books on medical science was inaugurated yesterday.
