Junagadh: As many as 23 children, suffering from thalassemia in Junagadh in Gujarat, have been found to be HIV positive. Angry parents have blamed government hospital authorities for infecting the children during blood transfusions. But the medical staff have denied it. For the little kids, blood transfusions are a reality they have to live with, to stay alive. Since January, over 100 thalassemic children below the age of ten years...
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London: Scientists relied on "defanged" version of HIV virus to treat a teenager with a genetic blood disorder. The 18-year-old suffered from the inherited condition beta thalassemia and required monthly blood transfusions from the age of three. He felt ill and drained of energy because his system could not produce red blood cells due to a faulty haemoglobin gene, reports the Daily Mail. The only known cure was stem-cell transplantation,...12:33 PM, Sep 17, 2010
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A probe by the Thalassemia Society has revealed that 51 patients got infected during blood transfusion in Jodhpur. ...09:52 AM, Jul 12, 2010
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In the absence of BMT the child runs the risk of growth failure. ...05:17 PM, Dec 23, 2008
Mumbai: Twenty-five English summers ago, Dilip Vengsarkar helped India achieve a historic 2-0 Test series win against England. His England-made Gunn and Moore bat proved too broad for the Englishmen way back then, but on Friday, in his stiffest off-field test, he was dismissed by a section of the cricketing fraternity from his own city. They opted to vote for a politician to head the Mumbai Cricket Association, which he...04:45 PM, Feb 12, 2008
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