Thalassaemia Education and Counseling Unit

Introduction of Thalassaemia Education and Counseling Unit

Background

Thalassaemia Education and Counseling Unit is established by the co-operation with Children’s Thalassaemia Foundation and Department of Paediatrics of Hong Kong University at twelfth of March, nineteen ninety-nine. It is also supported by Health Care and Promotion Foundation, CIBC CEF Children’s Miracle and Reuters Hong Kong Limited.

Objectives

• By educating the public, let them have a basic understanding about Thalassaemia in order to prevent it from occurring.
• Enhancing both emotional and psychological support and counseling for patients and their families

Social Educational Service

• Providing fee educational leaflets and videos
• Hotline service

Guidance and Assistance Service

• Providing both psychological counseling and domestic service, including growth of children and teenagers, difficulties in study, interpersonal relationship, stress management, employment and marriage, in individual or group forms.
• Liaising and supporting organizations formed by Thalassaemia patients and their families.
• Target audiences are Thalassaemia patients and their families, and also welcome the ones who are introduced by doctors and parents.

On Coming Services

• Recruiting and training volunteers
• Organizing Thalassaemia researches and studies, liaising international Thalassaemia organizations; and searching for latest information of Thalassaemia, in order to provide better services to patients and their families.

Consultant:

Professor Chap-yung Yeung	Honorary Clinical Professor, Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine LKS Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong
Professor Yau -Lung Lau	Doris Zimmern Professor in Community Child Health Chair Professor of Paediatrics The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Shau-yin Ha	Consultant Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Queen Mary Hospital

Office Hour

Monday to Friday 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.

Office

Room 1102, 11/F, SUP Tower, 75-83 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2986-3311
Fax: (852) 2818-0636

In Hong Kong, one of eight people is a Thalassaemia carrier - α-Thalassaemia or β-Thalassaemia minor (recessive). If both of the parents are carriers, they will give birth to a baby with Thalassaemia major in 25% of chance. For the good of next generation, please take a parental cheakup before marriage and pregnancy.