Thalassaemia is an inherited blood disease, which mainly affects people from the Mediterranean and the Indo sub-continent. Sufferers have a blood defiency that necessitates a transfusion every month and rarely lets them live beyond their 20s. Parveen Mirza talks to
Mahesh Kotecha , President of the UK Thalassaemia Society, and Sonoo Malkani , mother of a sufferer.
There is also a talk with disabled photographer Samina Khanour. Music is by Mohammed Abdul Jabbar An ASIAN UNIT presentation BBCPebbleMill