DAVANAGERE: Even though he himself is a haemophilia patient, it did not deter him from becoming a champion to protect the patients with the rare blood disorder. Every day Karnataka haemophilia Society he has founded treats five or six patients and, amidst the hardship he faces, Dr Hanagavadi continues treating them totally free-of-cost. Dr Hanagavadi founded the Karnataka hemophilia Care and Haematology Research Centre and the Karnataka Hamophilia Society at Davanagere. He said, “What prompted me to start the Karnataka Haemophilia Society was watching the sufferings of my maternal uncle Neelakantappa before his demise in 1980. I founded the Society with only nine patients but now it provides treatments to more than 1,000 patients.”

Source: Indian Express January 26, 2026 02:27 UTC