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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Schools, women associations honoured in Al Dakhiliyah

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Sultanate. The percentage of people with this condition in the Sultanate is 2 per cent.

Al Dakhiliyah is where the highest number of such cases are reported. If both parents carry the disease, the risk is higher among children. If one of the parents is carrier of the disease and the other is infected, the probability of infection per child is 50 per cent. “Genetic blood disorder may affect everyday life of the student at home, school and work due to frequent visits to hospital, and hence the importance of this initiative,” Al Shaqsi said. Professor Salam bin Salem al Kindi said that many of in society suffer from genetic diseases like thalassemia and other blood disorders. These are not lifestyle diseases but they are hereditary. That is why we advise early detection of such conditions before marriage.


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