By Raji Unnikrishnan
A RESEARCH and training centre to be established at the country’s main public hospital will aim to develop modern treatments and medicines for sickle cell disease (SCD), a blood disorder that is extremely common in Bahrain.
According to experts, the centre to be set up at the Genetic Blood Diseases Centre in the Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) will serve an estimated 27 million people in the region.
The soon-to-be operational facility will add value to the country’s healthcare sector, said Bahrain Society for SCD Patients Care chairman Zakareya Al Kadhem.
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