Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya on Sunday launched a campaign to create sensitivity towards children suffering from thalassemia disease and to curb drug abuse among the youth. The campaign was launched under the joint aegis of Haryana Child Welfare Welfare Council and Human Care Medical Charitable Trust, at Kalagram, Chandigarh. A marathon was also flagged off on the occasion.

Dattatraya said that thalassemia is a genetic disorder which needs frequent blood transfusions. For this, help can be obtained from blood donors in the Society, he said while urging d the youth to donate blood by participating in blood donation camps organized from time to time so that children suffering from these genetic diseases like thalassemia and haemophilia can be treated on time so as to save their lives.