My Story | Living with thalassemia

Описание: Her life revolves around blood transfusions to ensure her hemoglobin levels are normal. But she fights against all odds to stay energetic. That’s Namitha A Kumar, a 44-year-old researcher and medical writer from Bengaluru who was diagnosed with thalassemia, a blood disorder, when she was four. Namitha excelled in academics and has a good career, despite living with thalassemia.

Namitha, a voice of people living with thalassemia, started falling sick frequently in the 1980s when she was young. A series of infections led the doctor to suspect thalassemia as low hemoglobin leads to compromised immunity. She was sent to Mumbai for further tests and was diagnosed with thalassemia intermedia, a moderate type of thalassemia.
Research: Sunitha Rao
Camera: Shiva Kumar
Editing: Samden Lama
Produced by: Revathi Rajeevan

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00:23 - 02:10 - Living with thalassemia as a child
03:23 - 04:12 - Connecting with the thalassemia community
04:13 - 05:13 - Message for others