The Pakistan Thalassaemia Welfare Society was raised in 1991 to organize an awareness campaign about this unrecognized disease and provide suitable guidelines for its treatment and eradication. The society is working under the patronage of Ministry of Health; and according to its constitution, the Federal Minister of Health is its chief Patron. The society is a member of the Thalassaemia International Federation located at Cyprus and is internationally recognized.

The rented location of the centre was heavily over crowded due to the ever-increasing number of patients, with the result that at times three to four children had to be accommodated on one bed for blood transfusions, normally not accepted ethically as well as medically, but had to be allowed at times due to the rush of patients who had travelled long distances for this purpose.

To cater for the ever increasing patients, the centre has now moved to its own premises at Tipu Road, a five storied state of art building opposite Rawalpindi Medial College, where the treatment, prevention, research and rehabilitation facilities is being provided under one roof.

Presently we have 1254 patients registered with the society out of which about 500 patients regularly come for blood transfusion and chelation i.e removal of iron overload due to decomposition of blood.