KMU Research and Diagnostic Lab

🩸 1 billion vs. 1 simple blood test

KP has 10,000 thalassaemia patients

The current rule: Rs2,500 HPLC test for every couple getting married. Only 6 machines in all of KP.

400,000 tests/year = Rs1 billion cost. Most people can’t afford it or travel that far.

Experts say: Keep it simple.
✅ *Step 1*: Cheap *CBC test* for all couples — available everywhere
✅ *Step 2*: Expensive HPLC _only if_ CBC looks abnormal
✅ *Free CVS test* in KP so mothers don’t pay Rs20,000 in Pindi

Punjab already gives these services free. KP is still waiting.

*One simple test before nikah can prevent a lifetime of transfusions.*

Time to make the law work, not sit on paper.

KP govt urged to simplify pre-marriage thalassaemia screening KP Health Preventive Act was enforced in 2009 to control thalassaemia and hepatitis but it remained far from being implemented, say officials.

KP govt urged to simplify pre-marriage thalassaemia screening KP Health Preventive Act was enforced in 2009 to control thalassaemia and hepatitis but it remained far from being implemented, say officials.

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