FAiTh – Fight Against Thalassemia – A Patients & Parents Association conducted a Patients & Parents Session at Frontier Foundation Kohat on Friday 11th January 2019 We briefed them about how can they take better care of themselves, how they can maintain their hemoglobin and ferritin, about prevention, about FAiTh Patient Support Group, how can they spread awareness & how can they help themselves & thalassemia center regarding blood donations & iron chelation medicines.

Kohat is a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan which serves as the capital of the Kohat District, we traveled 1311 km / 34 hours from Karachi to reach Kohat. Frontier Foundation established in 2004 have approx. 700 registered patients, they are trying their best to provide safe blood transfusions to their patients with self-help & limited resources.

FAiTh have plans to help improve their blood banking system after identifying the weaknesses & to sponsor patients for iron chelation medicines, since due to center’s limited resources & no support from Government patients are unable to take iron chelation medicines hence have high ferritin levels.

In the end attendees promised us to follow all the guidelines we shared with them. Gifts were distributed among the patients by FAiTh

We are thankful to Frontier Foundation Kohat for giving us chance to interact with patients & parents, for the arrangements & support