x. 35 National faculties all over India: Mammen Chandy, Prof. Tapan Saikia,Prof. Haraprasad Pati , Prof. R K Jena, Prof. T K Dolai, , Prof. Jyotirmoy Pal, Prof. Biju George, Prof. Niranjan Tripathy,Prof. Maitreyee Bhattacharyya, Prof. D K Mishra, Prof. Manoranjan Mahapatra, , Prof. Rajib De, Prof. Prantar Chakrabarti, Prof. Shailendra Prasad Verma, , Prof. Priyanka Samal. Dr. Sudha Sethy, Dr. Pritish CH. Patra, Dr, Shuvraneel Baul, Dr Ekta Jajodia, Dr. Saroj Bala, Dr. Gurmeet Singh, Dr. Basab Bagchi, Dr, Debmalya Bhattacharyya, Dr. Anil Irom Singh, Dr. Damodar Das, Dr. Ankit Jitani, Dr. Radhika Setti, Dr. Meera V, Dr. Dibyajyoti Sahoo.
More than 300 Doctors from all over Odisha are participating
* Odisha has documented highest number of Sickle Cell Disease in the country during National Sickle Cell Elimination Programme: Will be discussed
*Hematological Cancer diseases like Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemias are best managed by qualified hematologists which is a standard practice across the globe.
* Every medical institution / tertiary care centre looking for starting full fledged Clinical Hematology Department and BMT unit which will benefit the patients.
*All Odisha Hematology Quiz among Undergraduates will be held on 12thOct 2025
* About 60 Research Paper will be discussed
* Interaction and exchange of views between Experts of different discipline on common topic will be discussed; Hematologists Vs Physicians / Obstetricians / Transfusion Medicine Physicians
* Conference to deliberate on blood disorders and diseases, share ideas on latest advances in diagnosis and treatment that would directly translate to patient management in Odisha.
*Odisha has taken a leadership position in the country in terms of hematologicalcare, provides a whole range of treatment and services free to patients with blood diseases.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha Tazanews) :- India faces a huge struggle to combat rising prevalence of diseases from infectious, lifestyle-related to chronic. The country suffers a particularly high burden of blood disorders like anemia, thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia and blood cancers. Odisha has documented highest number of Sickle Cell Disease (Major: 2.2%, Minor: 8.5% of Odisha Population) in the country during National Sickle Cell Elimination Programme. Taken together with other types of Hb Pathies like Thalassemia and Hb E, 15% of Odisha Population suffer from this genetic blood diseases. Huge socio-economic burden on the state.
It is estimated that more than 50 percent of the population of India suffers from anemia of any type – from genetic, hereditary to malnutrition and other deficiencies. In Odisha the problem of anemia is more acute with prevalence of hemoglobinopathies alarming in many pockets of the State. In certain areas and communities, incidence is as high as 60 percent. Besides, other blood diseases and disorders like hemophilia and blood cancers are very common in this part of the country.
In this backdrop, the Odisha Hematology is organising the 15th Annual Meet of Odisha Hematology on 11thand 12thOctober. The objective is to deliberate on the burden of blood disorders and diseases and various emerging issues in the field of hematology. There will be exchange of ideas and knowledge on latest advances in diagnosis and treatment as well as reorientation of doctors in tune with the recent developments. More than 300 doctors from different parts of Odisha, Eastern India and more than 35 National Faculties from different parts of the country like Bangalore, Mumbai, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Ranchi, Bhilai, Patna, Raipur, Delhi, North- East and Bihar, etc. are taking part in the conference. The Workshop programme is being participate by 120 Resident / young Postgraduates with tremendous amount of interest.
A Pre-Conference Workshop was held at SCB Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, IMS & SUM Hospital I & II, Bagchi Cancer Hospital, Bhubaneswar on 10th October with participation of 120 Residents and Postgraduates from all over Odisha. Prof RK Jena, Former HOD of Clinical Hematology Department, SCBMCH and Past President of Indian Society of Hematology & Blood Transfusion, Secretary of Indian College of Haematology, Eastern Hematology Group and Odisha Hematology said, “Hematology is the fastest developing discipline in the whole of medical science, where diagnosis and treatment modalities are changing with lightning speed. The conference, with luminaries of world hematology in attendance, is a great achievement for us as it will significantly aid improvement of patient care services in Odisha. The deliberations and knowledge transfer will directly translate to patient management.”
Dr. Pritish Chandra Patra, Consultant, Hematolgy & Hemato-oncology Apollo Hospital, Bhubaneswar who is the Organizing Secretary of this congress emphasized one important fact that – “There have been sea changes in Hematological Malignancies like Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemias. It’s not possible to be a Pan expert in all cancer patients. Thus these diseases are best managed by qualified hematologist which is a standard practice across the globe at present.”
ODISHA SCENARIO
Odisha has taken great strides in the field of hematology over the years. It has infact become a model state in the country for services provided to patients, most of which are completely free to all patients including those from other States.
The State Government by its initiative has not only established a full-fledged Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) facility at SCB MCH, which is the only Government hospital in India to provide BMT, but also ensured the entire transplant services are free. Till date, as many as 180 blood cancer patients have successfully received BMT completely free of cost. IMS & SUM Hospital is another center in Odisha which provides BMT services and equipped with a fully fledged Clinical Hematology department. AIIMS,
Bhubaneswar, KIMS, Bagchi Cancer Hospital and Apollo Hospitals also provides the services of fully fledged Hematology / Oncology department in addition to BMT services. Govt. of Odisha has also opened a full fledged Clinical Hematology Department in VIMSAR, Burla and is planning to open in other institutions in near future including PGIMER, Bhubaneswar and MKCG Medical College, Berhampur.
The State has also made blood supply free for thalassemia, sickle cell disease and hemophilia along with free provisioning of lifesaving medicines and blood factors for patients. The ‘Odisha Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassaemia control programme’ has been initiated by Govt. of Odisha recently for an holistic approach to check these huge medical problems – First of its kind in the entire country and is doing a great job for implementation of National Sickle Cell Elimination Programme.
There are Day Care Centers functioning in many places including Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Burla and Berhampur to provide health care easily to Thalassemia, Sickle Cell Disease, Hemophilia and Blood Cancer patients.
Thousands of the patients like Thalassaemia, Sickle Cell Disease, Aplastic Anemia, Various blood cancer and other cancer patients need BMT procedure for cure and survival in our state. There is a huge gap in the availability of such facilities and thus needs urgent attention.
The Government is also taking steps to provide expensive medicines for blood cancer and other blood diseases free to all patients by various welfare schemes. The Government is actively addressing the above issues to facilitate the management of all types of blood diseases in different part of our State.
