By Maryam Asim | Management Representative
Dear Kind Donor,
When people think about thalassaemia, they often think about blood transfusions. While these transfusions are essential for survival, there is another challenge that follows every transfusion and often goes unnoticed: iron overload.
Every unit of transfused blood contains iron. Unlike healthy individuals, thalassaemia patients who receive regular blood transfusions cannot naturally remove this excess iron from their bodies. Over time, iron accumulates in vital organs such as the heart, liver, pancreas, and endocrine glands, leading to serious and potentially life-threatening complications.
The Challenge Beyond Blood
At Kashif Iqbal Thalassaemia Care Centre Trust (KITCC), more than 1,000 registered thalassaemia patients depend on regular blood transfusions to survive. However, blood alone is not enough.
To prevent iron overload, patients require continuous monitoring through ferritin testing, medical evaluations, and iron chelation therapy. These medicines help remove excess iron from the body and protect patients from complications such as heart disease, liver damage, diabetes, hormonal disorders, and reduced life expectancy.
Unfortunately, the cost of chelation medicines and monitoring continues to rise, making it increasingly difficult for many families to sustain treatment on their own. Most of the families we serve come from underprivileged backgrounds and rely heavily on charitable support to access comprehensive care.
The Impact You Have Made
Because of your generosity, our patients continue to receive the treatment and monitoring they need beyond blood transfusions.
Your support has helped us:
Every ferritin test completed, every dose of medication administered, and every complication prevented is a direct result of the compassion shown by supporters like you.
Why Your Continued Support Matters?
For a child living with thalassaemia, survival depends on much more than receiving blood. Long-term health depends on continuous treatment, monitoring, and access to life-saving chelation therapy.
As patient numbers continue to grow and treatment costs increase, maintaining uninterrupted care remains one of our greatest challenges. We remain committed to ensuring that no child suffers because their family cannot afford treatment.
With your continued support, we can help protect children not only from the effects of thalassaemia but also from the hidden dangers of iron overload.
Together, we are giving these children the opportunity to live healthier, longer, and more hopeful lives.
With gratitude,
Kashif Iqbal Thalassaemia Care Centre Trust (KITCC).
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