With reference to Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna consider the following statements It is a centrally spo...........

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With reference to Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna, consider the following statements

It is a centrally sponsored scheme under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
It aims to provide a one-time cure opportunity for Haemoglobinopathies like Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Disease for patients who have a matched family donor.

Select the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

Recently, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare virtually launched the second phase of “Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna” for the underprivileged Thalassemic patients.

Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna

It was launched in 2017.
This scheme is a Coal India CSR funded Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) program.
It aims to provide a one-time cure opportunity for Haemoglobinopathies like Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Disease for patients who have a matched family donor.
The CSR initiative was targeted to provide financial assistance to a total of 200 patients by providing a package cost not exceeding Rs. 10 lakhs per HSCT.
The scheme has been extended to cover Aplastic Anaemia patients for a total of 200 such patients from this year.

Hence only statement 2nd is correct.