Shimla Nov 16: Himachal Pradesh will soon have screening centres to estimate the prevalence of beta thalassemia trait among people a health official said on Sunday. For this the state got a Rs.40-lakh project sanctioned from the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). (Read: Thalassemia causes symptoms diagnosis treatment and prevention) Around 2500 people of marriageable age from colleges of Mandi Kullu Kangra and Shimla districts will be screened initially every year project principal investigator Omesh Bharti told IANS. He said the project would be later extended to the remaining eight districts too. The project would include free genetic screening for
