Fuvamulah City Council Bill and Thalassemia Control Bill sent to committee

The Majlis yesterday sent the Thalassemia Control Bill and Fuvamulah City Council Bill to a parliamentary committee for review.

The Thalassemia Bill was passed last year and was sent to President Mohamed Nasheed for ratification.  However, Nasheed vetoed the Bill and recommended that parliament reconsider some articles in it.

In light of this request, the president sent a letter on the Thalassemia bill to parliament that stated that the Attorney General had identified conflicting articles in the bill relating to providing health services such as a centre to additionally help combat blood disease.

According to the letter, article 6[a] of the Bill states that a  “Thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies Centre shall be established, whilst article 6[b] states that after this centre is established, the National Thalassemia Centre will be abolished,” the President wrote.