A consultant gynecology, childbirth and infertility, d. Farah Al -Nuaimi The National Genome project in the Kingdom of Bahrain is an important strategic step towards promoting community health and developing health care through careful medicine, explaining that it is a pioneering program that aims to collect and analyze one hundred thousand blood samples over a period of ten years to be the Kingdom of Bahrain is a pioneer in developing a comprehensive national genetic database used in preventing genetic and chronic diseases and improving opportunities for detection and early treatment of these diseases.
Dr. Farah Al -Nuaimi that “this program has multiple benefits for the female category, through which we can detect early cancerous diseases such as breast cancer and ovary associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. This examination helps specialists in gynecology and childbirth to evaluate pathological conditions and conduct early checks for the purpose of detecting these diseases even in the lower age groups to nominate these diseases; thus the doctor can give a plan Preventive and therapeutic before severe health damage. “
She continued: “Likewise, based on the genetic fingerprint, doctors can determine the genetic readiness of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and thyroid diseases, which are common in Bahrain, and they carry health and social burdens of the individual and society.”
And she added, “This program improves reproductive health care by understanding the genetic risks that may be transferred to children, and this program specifically helps the method and quality of taking drug treatments based on the genetic composition of the individual; thus preventing side effects and complications arising from taking medications, especially treatments for cancerous diseases and neurological sentences.”
Al -Nuaimi said that “Bahrain launched a program to examine the genetic births for newborns immediately after birth. This contributes to early detection of genetic diseases whose symptoms and effects appear in a later period of the child’s life; thus this program contributes to enhancing the quality of the child’s life, and relieves psychological, social and health burdens on the family and the health system together hand in hand to increase awareness and this giant step for a healthy future and a better life.”
