Call for probe into death at hospital.ACTIVISTS are demanding a Health Ministry probe into the death of a thalassaemia Noun 1. thalassaemia - an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassemia monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes patient at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC SMC Saint Mary's College SMC Santa Monica College SMC Solaris Management Console SMC Smooth Muscle Cell SMC Small Magellanic Cloud (also see LMC) SMC Safety Management Certificate (maritime shipping) ). Mother-of-four Sawsan Hussein Al Banaa died on Wednesday - a month after she was admitted to the hospital and 10 days after she went into coma, Bahrain Society for Sickle Cell Anaemia Patient Care board member and activist Hameed Marhoon told the GDN GDN Garden (postal suffix) GDN Gdansk, Poland - Rebiechowo (Airport Code) GDN Global Data Network GDN Goods Dispatch Note GDN Global Disaster Network (Yahoo group) yesterday. "She had a spleen removal operation a month ago and was recuperating," he said. "However, two weeks ago she started having fluid accumulation in her body, but doctors dismissed the case as routine." He alleged Ms Al Banaa's family had expressed fears she was being "ignored" by staff. "They are now filing a complaint and seeking answers," he said. "Our society will raise the issue with ministry officials." An SMC official said the case would be investigated once a complaint was received. Thalassaemia is an inherited blood disease and patients have to receive regular blood transfusions to remain alive. Copyright 2009 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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