14 august 2024 : Jackie Shroff not only promotes green living, he also wants to create awareness about thalassemia, a blood-related disorder. “We need thalassemia awareness. We need to understand and talk about it. Everyone should get checked for it before pregnancy planning. If the mother and father are thalassemia minors, the child will be born as a thalassemia major. It means that every 15 days, he would need new blood for his entire life. That’s why get checked for thalassemia,” said Shroff in a conversation with YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia.
But what is thalassemia?
Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes the body to produce less hemoglobin (than the recommended normal range). “One with this disorder has fewer healthy red blood cells,” said Dr Muralidaran C, consultant hematologist, Wockhardt Hospitals Mira Road.
