Loud Thinking June 06, 2014 at 01:47PM

IMPORTANT CIRCULAR

6th June 2014

THALASSAEMIA CAMP

The Pakistan Thalassaemia Welfare Society – GlobalGiving – (managed under Lt Gen Fahim Ahmed Khan (Retd), Patron in Chief Westridge-1 Residents’ Society) will set up a camp as under :

1. Date: 8 June 2014
2. Day: SUNDAY

3. Time: from 11 a.m. onwards

4. Place: 30, Khurshid Alam Road, Westridge-1, Rawalpindi Cantt.

Thalassaemia is a dangerous life risking disease which can only be found in the newly born children who inherit the blood disorder from their carrier parents. In thalassaemia, the disorder is caused by the weakening and destruction of red blood cells (hemoglobin) that the body makes Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries the life giving oxygen throughout the body. People with thalassaemia make less hemoglobin and have fewer circulating red blood cells than normal, which results in mild or severe anemia. The patients need frequent blood transfusion to stay alive.There are over 100,000such patients in Pakistan. Another 5000 are added to them each year. Gobal Giving has 6,000 such children under its care who need the same number (6000) of bottles of blood each month.

Quran says, “Anyone who saves ONE life is like his saving the ENTIRE humanity”.

Please come and donate a pint of blood and who knows that may save a life.

There is great misunderstanding about giving blood. Kindly note the very first principle and ethics of medicine is NOT TO MAKE A HEALTHY PERSON SICK INORDER TO CURE AN ALREADY SICK PERSON. It is an established medical fact that a healthy person can give a pint of blood every three months. It will not harm his body in ANY way. On the contrary it could improve his/her health.

The ideal age for giving blood is from 16 to 60. Though even the persons with higher age have also been giving blood periodically. Lt Gen. Dr. Kamal Akbar (Retd) is a living example amongst us. He has donate blood 120 times and still does . He is 72 and enjoys a very good health.

Please do take part in this noble cause of saving the life of others. Do give Zakat of your body in this form for the coming holy month of Ramazan. May Allah Ta’la bless you and accept your offering, amen.

Kindly contact the undersigned for further inquiries/details.

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)

Secy Gen. WRS

Cell No. 0300 8546 334
Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
30 Westridge 1
Rawalpindi 46000
Pakistan
Tel: (051) 5158033
E.mail: jafri@rifiela.com

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