Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 22: Narayana Health City, Bengaluru, yesterday announced the successful completion of one of Eastern India's largest HLA Testing Camps for thalassemia patients, held at Narayana RN Tagore Hospital, Mukundapur. Organised in association with DKMS, Thalas
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