Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital is the largest children hospital in Bangladesh.
This hospital has also now establshed a separate center named as center for care and treatment
of thalassemic children. This center has 17 beds for giving transfusion to
thalassemic children. It provides free treatment to poor thalassemic children
providing them with free blood and desferal on requirment basis.
Vaccination against hepatitis B virus is also given to children. The center has its own
blood bank ensuring safe blood and laboratory for diagnosing thalassemia and also other investigations
relevant to this disease.
Ther are two genetic counsellors for giving advise to carriers and parents of thalassemic children.
This centers has also doing research work on thalassemia and has published many papers in local
journals.
The future plan of the center is to establish a DNA lab for mutational analysis and pre natal diagnosis
The center also held a national conference in colloboration with TIF and Thalassemic society of
Bangladesh in 2005.
The name of the center is "Dhaka Shishu Hospital Thalassemia Center"
The following are members of the thalassemia center.
President- Prof.Waqar A Khan. M.BBS,M.Phil
Secretary Prof Syed Khairul Amin. MBBS, FRCP
Treasurer DR.Md Salimuzzaman.MBBS.M.D (Paediatrics)
Members Prof .Bilquis Banu. MBBS. M.Phil
Dr.Belayet Hossain.M.BBS. FCPS (haematology)
Prof.Waqae Ahmed Khan
President
Dhaka Shishu Hospital Thalassemia Center
Tel-8116061/2-103
E.Mail. wkhan@bol-online.