Soon a health card will be made for all the people by the Union Ministry of Health, in which the complete information related to the disease of the person will be loaded in it. Its use can prove to be very beneficial for a serious disease like sickle cell.
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Traditionally in our society, the horoscopes of the boy and the girl are matched at the time of marriage. Marriage is done only after getting most of the qualities. But the Union Health Ministry is making health cards instead of horoscopes. Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya told in a conversation with TV 9 Bharatvarsh that there is such a disease in our country that if a man and a woman are infected, it will affect their child.
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said that sickle cell anemia is a similar disease. Keeping this in mind, special health cards are being issued for the tribal people. Whose purpose is to overcome the disease like sickle cell anemia. For this, the deadline of the year 2047 has been fixed.
What is this disease?
Sickle cell anemia disease is especially common in tribal children. The effect of this disease is such that after the child crosses the limit of one age, the chances of his life are very less. Keeping this in mind, a new test and card is being introduced. So that the health card of the boy and girl is being made so that this type of disease can be detected and
Husband wife will have to get the test done
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said that mostly people of tribal areas have this disease. In such a situation, this test will be started first among the tribal people. If the reports of both come positive, then they will be advised not to have children.
test report soon
Earlier, the test of sickle cell anemia used to take time, but now the test will be done with immediate effect and the result will also come soon. From this it will be known whether the person is suffering from sickle cell disease or not. There are 200 such districts in the country where children suffering from this disease are more. Which includes Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
Will start from Chhattisgarh
The campaign will start from Chhattisgarh. For this, money will be provided to the state government. Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya told that for this initiative those states have been selected where maximum number of tribals live. He said that for this campaign 40℅ money will be given by the state government and 60℅ money by the central government.
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