A 3-year old child presented with progressive anaemia, jaundice & failure to thrive. O/E: pallor, splenomegaly are seen Peripheral smear showed normoblasts and small round intensely stained red cells. The likely diagnosis is________________?

• A. Here ditary spherocytosis
• B. Thalassaemia
• C. Sickle cell anaemia
• D. Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia