Center For Thalassemia Care (CTC)

History

Establishment of a Blood Bank as well as Thalassemia Center at Sheikh Zayed Hospital/Medical College Rahim Yar Khan was a dream of Prof Dr. Muhammad Saeed (Principal Sh.Zayed Hospital/Medical College Rahim Yar Khan). The dream took the reality when Blood Bank P.P.Block was inaugurated on 12^th April, 2 010. Dr. Qaiser Hasnain (Assc. Prof. of Haematology) was the founder of this practically existing fully equipped, blood component based Banking and was the man behind the gun, providing transfusion Medicine facility. His commitment , knowledge and experience put forth best results , both in the form of specified equipments as well as the appointment, training of skillful and hardworking technical staff .The facility gained trust among the clinicians soon and the same faith is guaranteed to date. It currently provides most of the blood components i.e. Red Cell Concenterate, Leucodepleted Plasma, Washed RBCs, Buffy Coat, Platelets (pooled and single donor) and FFP etc.

On arrival of Dr. Atifa Shuaib, Professor of Clinical Haematology in 2012, she took initiative to establish a Thalassemia Center adjascent to Blood Bank Haematology in P.P.Block. This fulfilled the remaining part of the dream of Principal Pof. Muhammad Saeed.

Dr. Muhammad Bilal Ghafoor, Haematologist (Focal Person) and Dr. Abdul Rauf Leghari, Assistant Professor (coordinator) were given the responsibility for completion of the goal to make a Thalassemia Center of a high profile National Standards. Their passionate struggle and relentless efforts with their working team of Blood Bank under supervision of Prof. Dr. Atifa Shuaib (Prof. of Haematology) and Prof. Hamayun Iqbal (Prof. of Paediatrics) made possible to inaugurate “Center For Thalassemia Care (CTC)” on 9^th May 2014. The day and night gallant efforts of Dr. Muhammad Bilal Ghafoor were acknowledged and he was awarded by a “Letter Of Appreciation“. The contribution of Dr. Muhammad Saleem Leghari (Assc. Prof. Paediatrics) in establishment of CTC are also commendable and worth remembering.

Prof. Atifa Shuaib and Prof. Hamayun Iqbal were the first Co Chairpersons of “Center For Thalassemia Care (CTC)”. Dr. Muhammad Saleem Leghari (Paeditrics ) and Dr. Muhammad Bilal Ghafoor (Haematology & Transfusion Medicine) were nominated as Focal Persons for CTC.

Dr. Muhammad Saleem Leghari (Assc. Prof. Paediatrics) and Dr. Muhammad Bilal Ghafoor (Haematologist) have always been attached and concerned for poor and needy thalassemic patients. Worth mentioning is Miss Shamraiza Zulfiqar who is working as supervisor of Blood Bank P.P.Block, which is fulfilling the requirement of blood & blood components not only for the clinical departments of the hospital but also for CTC.

Working Team

PATRON IN CHIEF
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Rahman
Chairperson CTC
Dr. Abdul Rauf Leghari	Prof. Dr. Mubarak Ali Ch
Focal Person CTC
Dr.Muhammad Bilal Ghafoor	Dr. Muhammad Saleem Leghari

The Founding Team of CTC

PATRON IN CHIEF
Prof Dr. Muhammad Saeed
Chairperson CTC
Prof. Dr. Atifa Shuaib	Prof. Dr. Hamayun Iqbal
Focal Person CTC
Dr.Muhammad Bilal Ghafoor	Dr. Muhammad Saleem Leghari
Coordinator
Dr. Abdul Rauf Leghari

The Members of CTC Team

Dr. Muhammad Mazhar Saleem
Dr. Farhan Ali Khanzada
Dr. Uzma Bilal
Miss Shamraiza Zulfiqar

The Team working for Blood Donation Camps

Dr.Muhammad Bilal Ghafoor
Dr. Farhan Ali Khanzada
Dr. Asma Nasir
Miss Shamraiza Zulfiqar
Mr. Kaleem Khosa
Mr.Sohail Khushi
Mr. Rashid Ali
Mr. Asif Kaleem
Mr. Hammad Durrani
Mr.Shakir Abbas
Mr.Shahbaz Akhter
Mr.Arif Hussain
Mr.Irfan Hussain

Services Provided

Services are provided free of cost by “Center for Thalassemia Care (CTC)” at Sheikh Zayed Medical College/Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan. These include:

Blood and Blood Component therapy
Iron Chelation
Family Screening
Genetic Councelling
CVS guidance
All Lab Investigations
USG, XRAYs, CT Scan and MRI
Echocardiography

Achievements of CTC in One Year: (09-05-2014 to 08-05-2015)

No. of registered cases = 337
No. of patients examined at CTC, OPD = 4237
No. of blood transfusions to Thalassemic Children = 2695
No. of blood units provided by Blood Bank P.P. Block = 2429
No. of blood units provided by Parents = 266
No. of patients getting Iron Chelation Medicines = 74

Appreciations

The administration of “Center For Thalassemia Care (CTC)” and “Blood Bank P.P.Block” is thankful to the following Institutions for helping in arranging Blood Donation Camps.