Aga Khan University Hospital has planned a public health awareness session in its auditorium at Stadium Road. Dr Saeed Hamid, Dr Faisal Ismail, Dr Zaigham Abbas and Dr Shahab Abid will present their papers on the occasion.
Dr Saeed Hamid from the Department of Medicine at Aga Khan University in his presentation said, “Hepatitis kills a person every 30 seconds in the Asia Pacific region but we don’t take it as seriously as we take Aids.” He described the risk factors involved in the transfer of hepatitis, adding that in the year 2000, there were only 23 blood banks in Karachi who had the facility to test hepatitis C correctly. Even now we have the same number of blood banks, he said. “If we control the usage of used syringes, then we can control 1,575,000 hepatitis C infections and 300,000 hepatitis B infections,” said Hamid.
Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/583250/world-hepatitis-day-2013-sindh-takes-part-in-attempt-to-set-global-world-record/
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