Live webinar · Thursday 8 October 2026 · Zoom

Is the answer already in the blood count?

A 75-minute session for clinicians and laboratory teams. It looks at what routine hematology parameters can reveal about iron and platelets, and why that matters for earlier diagnosis.

India: 1:45 to 3:00 pm
Singapore: 4:15 to 5:30 pm
Format: Zoom webinar

**Dr Swati Pai** Head, Haematopathology Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru

Why it matters

Why this session matters

Hemoglobin falls late.

Iron can be running low well before anemia shows on a blood count. By then, the window for early action has often passed.

Ferritin can mislead.

Inflammation raises ferritin, so a normal result does not always mean normal iron. Chronic kidney disease, infection and other inflammatory conditions are common across the region.

A near real-time view.

Reticulocyte hemoglobin shows whether iron is reaching the newest red cells. It is reported alongside a routine blood count and supports earlier diagnosis and monitoring of treatment.

Featured speaker

Dr Swati Pai

Head, Haematopathology · Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, India

RET-He: The True Ironman

Dr Pai explores how reticulocyte hemoglobin gives an early insight into iron availability for red cell production. Her session covers three uses in practice:

identifying iron-restricted erythropoiesis
monitoring the response to iron therapy
supporting timely, informed clinical decisions

Also in the session

Dr Shanaz Khodaiji

Consultant Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, P.D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai

Beyond Platelet Count: The Clinical Utility of Immature Platelet Fraction

Platelet count alone does not always explain thrombocytopenia. Dr Khodaiji looks at how immature platelet fraction helps distinguish platelet destruction from reduced production, supporting earlier assessment and patient management.

Audience

Who should attend

Hematologists, pathologists and laboratory scientists. Also anesthesiologists, transfusion medicine and patient blood management teams, and clinicians in nephrology, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine and primary care who order and act on iron tests.

Local times

Session times: Thursday 8 October

The session runs for 75 minutes.

Country	Start	Finish
Pakistan	1:15 pm	2:30 pm
India, Sri Lanka	1:45 pm	3:00 pm
Nepal	2:00 pm	3:15 pm
Bangladesh	2:15 pm	3:30 pm
Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia (Jakarta)	3:15 pm	4:30 pm
Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong	4:15 pm	5:30 pm
Japan, South Korea	5:15 pm	6:30 pm

Join the session on 8 October

1:45 to 3:00 pm India 4:15 to 5:30 pm Singapore Zoom

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