Centre office-holder Atulkumar Mehta and pathology expert R Z Patel were the special guests on the occasion.

``Thalassaemia has no cure till date. All one can do is prevent it. And the only way do that is to make the populace aware of simple facts about this genetic disorder. We are telling high-risk communities like Lohanas and Sindhis to go for pre-marriage counselling so that two thalassaemic youths do not marry. A single thalassaemic parent cannot spread it in the family'', Mehta told Express Newsline.

Mehta, who himself has four thalassaemia (minor) patients in his family, says he would hold more such camps for Lohana and Sindhi youths in selected areas of the city in the near future. The positive cases from among the Sunday's participants would be individually informed , he added.