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  "path": "/latest/summer-blood-shortage-leaves-thalassemia-children-struggling/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T07:20:12.000Z",
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  "textContent": "_By Manahil Faisal_\n\nPESHAWAR: With the onset of summer, children with thalassemia are facing increased difficulties due to a decline in blood donations.\n\nAs temperatures rise, many people focus on coping with the heat, while thalassemia patients and their families face mounting challenges.\n\nAt the Hamza Foundation in Peshawar, blood donations have begun declining with the onset of summer, leaving families increasingly concerned.\n\nParents said that they are forced to travel long distances in extreme heat to arrange blood for their children.\n\nAccording to officials, the issue recurs every summer. They said complications among patients increase during the season, while demand for blood rises and donations fall.\n\nDr Tariq, director of the centre, said that fewer people donate blood in summer despite higher demand.\n\n“In summer, people donate less blood, while thalassemia patients require more transfusions during this period. People should come forward and donate blood. There are more than 60,000 thalassemia patients in Pakistan,” he said.\n\nOfficials said that more than 60,000 registered thalassemia patients are in Pakistan, including around 15,000 to 20,000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.\n\nHealth experts say timely transfusions, regular donations and improved care can significantly reduce complications faced by thalassemia patients during the summer months.\n\nThe post Summer blood shortage leaves thalassemia children struggling   appeared first on HUM News English.",
  "title": "Summer blood shortage leaves thalassemia children struggling"
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