Website aims to connect blood donors and thalassamia patients with SMS registraton
19 Aug 2012, 10:37 AM
Hawwa Lubna
A website launched this month will enable thalassaemia patients in the Maldives to find blood donors by sending a single text message, according to developers of the service.
With almost 18 percent of the population registered as carriers, the Maldives has the world’s highest incidence of the crippling genetic blood disorder. Patients diagnosed with thalassaemia major must receive regular blood transfusions and treatment throughout their life.
Currently, over 500 patients with the condition are registered at the National Thalassaemia Centre (NTC) in Male’.
According to the developers of “Blood Donor Online Database”, the new system will ease the burden of thalassamia patients and their families by helping to find willing blood donors quickly and easily.
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