PESHAWAR: Several functions were arranged on Wednesday to mark the World Thalassemia Day, which is observed on May 8.
The Frontier Foundation hosted a cake cutting ceremony, gave gifts to the thalassemia fellows and arranged a blood donation camp at the Frontier Foundation.Frontier Foundation Haematology Services Chairman Sahibzada Muhammad Haleem, Administrator Dr Fakhar Zaman and all the staff members were also present, said a press release.
It said that a cake was cut with the patients suffering from thalassemia and gifts were presented to them to mark the day. A walk was also organized to raise awareness among the people about thalassemia and other blood-related diseases.Sahibzada Muhammad Haleem and Dr Fakhar Zaman said that the World Thalassemia Day was being observed globally on May 8.