KUWAIT CITY, Nov 21, (KUNA): The first blood cancer and anemia diseases conference started here on Monday with participation of international consultants and specialists in blood diseases from US and Europe as well as lecturers from Kuwait, GCC countries and Arab countries.

Dr Samya Abdulsalam, head of the scientific committee of the conference, said that the 3-day conference aims at improving the medical team that is specialized in diagnosing and treating blood cancer diseases in the Ministry, adding that the lectures will concentrate on awareness of symptoms and dangers of blood cancer disease and Anemia.

Dr Abdulsalam noted that percentage of anemia cases and its spread in Kuwait and the world is increasing. She said that the conference will discuss ways of diagnosing red blood cells genetically and clinically as well as types of other blood cancer such as leukemia.

There will be intensified lectures to study ways of diagnosing leukemia and genetic blood diseases by modern scientific methods and re-classify these cancer diseases based on their genetic description.

Minister of Health Dr Hilal Al-Sayer said, in a speech that was given on his behalf by the Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for Technical Affairs, Dr Khaled Al-Sahlawy, that Kuwait, represented by Ministry of Health, has always been keen on encouraging and organizing conferences as well as scientific and medical meetings for all specialties, which is a part of its belief in the importance of community well-being, and providing the best ways of diagnosis and treatment for citizens.

Dr Al-Sayer added that the opening of this conference in Kuwait in cooperation with the European Society for blood diseases and the European school for blood diseases, which is regarded as the first of its kind in GCC countries, is a great achievement especially when communication and experience exchanges are conducted between consultants and specialists in all fields during the conference.