There were 1 patient, 2 parent and 5 physicians among which 2 were from Dhaka Shishu Hospital. Prof Manzur Morshed, professor of clinical hematology at Bangabondhu Seikh Mujib Medical University was in the team. The team was lead by Dr. Md. Abdur Rahim, Secretary General of BTF.

BTF delegates at the workshop - From left: Dr. Abul Kashem Jalal Uddin Ahmed, Dr. Md. Abdur Rahim, Prof. Manzur Morshed, Dilip Kumar Podder, Dr. Porimal Kumar Das, Azizur Rahman Khan; Front: Dr. Sazia Islam, Pranob Kumar Podder. Photo credit: Dr. J.S. Arora

The conference was organized by The Hematology Foundation, Kolkata with support from Thalassemia International Federation. Dr. Sharmla Chandra was the Convenor of this two day Workshop. There were two international experts among the faculties namely Dr. Suthat Focharoen from Thiland and Dr. Ratna Chatterjee from UK. Dr. M.B. Agarwal, Dr. V.P. Chouhury and Dr. Nilam Marwah are to name few from the national faculties from all over India. Mrs. Shova Tuli, Vice President of TIF and Dr. J.S. Arora, General Secretary of Federation of Indian Thalassemics also took part in the workshop.

Group photo at the end of the workshop. Photo credit: Dr. J.S. Arora

At the end of second day, an endocrine clinic was conducted by Dr. Ratna Chatterjee. She gave advice for two of our patients who had problem with growth. In response to invitation by Dr. Rahim she expresses her interest to work in collaboration with BTF on endocrine problems of thalassemia in Bangladesh.