{"id":477351,"date":"2025-05-10T09:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T04:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=477351"},"modified":"2025-05-10T09:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T04:01:35","slug":"kundi-expresses-concern-over-rising-thalassemia-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kundi-expresses-concern-over-rising-thalassemia-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Kundi expresses concern over rising Thalassemia cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is not just a medical issue, but a social and community challenge. Ensuring a healthy and safe future for our children requires a collective effort: Governor KP<br \/>\n PESHAWAR<br \/>\nGovernor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Faisal Karim Kundi, on Friday expressed deep concern over the increasing number of thalassemia patients in the province, calling it an alarming situation that demands immediate and comprehensive action. Speaking as the chief guest at an event organized by the Hamza Foundation at the Governor House on World Thalassemia Day, he stressed the need for utilizing all available resources to combat the disease. \u201cIt is not just a medical issue, but a social and community challenge.<br \/>\nEnsuring a healthy and safe future for our children requires a collective effort,\u201d the Governor said. He also announced plans to consult with all political parties to introduce legislation in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly aimed at controlling the spread of thalassemia.<br \/>\nThe event was attended by a large number of thalassemia patients, healthcare professionals, renowned actor Ajab Gul Afridi, and the founder chairman of the Hamza Foundation, Ijaz Ali Khan.<br \/>\nHighlighting the foundation\u2019s contributions, Ijaz Khan said that Hamza Foundation has been providing free medical treatment, including blood transfusions and medication, to 1,526 registered thalassemia patients in the province for the past two decades.<br \/>\nGovernor Kundi praised the foundation\u2019s efforts and reiterated his support for all organizations working to eradicate thalassemia.<br \/>\nHe urged all segments of society particularly religious scholars, teachers, media, and civil society to play their role in raising public awareness about the disease.<br \/>\nThe event concluded with the Governor distributing appreciation shields to the organizers and individuals recognized for their contributions to the cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not just a medical issue, but a social and community challenge. Ensuring a healthy and safe future for our children requires a collective effort: Governor KP PESHAWAR Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Faisal Karim Kundi, on Friday expressed deep concern over the increasing number of thalassemia patients in the province, calling it an alarming situation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-477351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kundi expresses concern over rising Thalassemia cases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kundi-expresses-concern-over-rising-thalassemia-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kundi expresses concern over rising Thalassemia cases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is not just a medical issue, but a social and community challenge. 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