Haemoglobin disorders are a major public health problem in India.
We have studied haemoglobin patterns of various HB disorder’s at
Gokunda sub district hospital in Nanded district of Maharashtra
during period of June 2011 to June 2014. We tested 959 samples for
electrophoresis. Out of them 526 (54.8%) were sickle cell carrier and 49
(5.1%) were sickle cell disease. Electrophoresis is simple, cost effective
method for screening sickle cell disorders. It is cheap, reliable and
effective tool for screening of haemoglobinopathies.
Keywords: Electrophoresis; Sickle cells disease.