Dehradun: CM Dhami serious about hemophilia patients, said there will be no shortage of hemophilia factor and medicines
- 273 hemophilia patients are registered in the state, hemophilia factor is being provided free of cost by the government
Dehradun :Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is very serious about hemophilia patients in the state. The Chief Minister today received detailed information from Health Secretary Dr. R Rajesh Kumar about the number of patients suffering from hemophilia in the state and the health facilities available to them. The Chief Minister has directed the Health Secretary that there should be no shortage of hemophilia factor and medicines for patients suffering from hemophilia. Full care should be taken to ensure that every patient gets the benefit of government facilities.
Health Secretary Dr. R Rajesh Kumar said that at present 273 hemophilia patients are registered in the state. For whose treatment, the necessary hemophilia factors (seven, eight and nine) are being provided free of cost by the state government. Health Secretary Dr. R. Rajesh Kumar said that earlier, patients suffering from hemophilia had to go to Government Doon Medical College Dehradun, S.S.J. Base Haldwani Nainital and Joint Hospital Kotdwar, Pauri for factor. But for the last five years, hemophilia factor is being made available to all the patients suffering from hemophilia in the state at their nearest medical unit for treatment. Health Secretary Dr. R. Rajesh Kumar said that at present factor-7 is available in sufficient quantity in the state and the Directorate General of Health will soon make factor-8 and factor-9 available to the concerned medical units.
The Health Secretary informed that he has directed the Director General of Health to personally review the facilities being provided to patients suffering from haemophilia every month and the Chief Medical Officers of all the districts should direct the District Nodal Officers of their districts to take cognizance of the facilities being provided to haemophilia patients every month and provide information about the health facilities being provided free of cost by the government to the general public for this disease.
Health Secretary Dr R Rajesh Kumar informed that haemophilia is a hereditary blood disorder in which the affected person’s blood does not clot completely. There is a deficiency or absence of the essential protein (factor) that forms blood in haemophilia patients and bleeding continues in case of injury. This disease usually affects men, the symptoms of this disease are often not visible in women but they are carriers of the disease. Sometimes this disease affects women. Health Secretary Dr R Rajesh Kumar said that bleeding in persons suffering from haemophilia is not fast but continues continuously and for a long period. A normal person takes care to avoid external injuries such as cuts, bruises etc. but in haemophilia, apart from external injuries, internal bleeding can also be very serious. This can lead to stiffness of joints and muscles of hands and feet, pain, deterioration of joints, disability and sometimes even death.
