Bone marrow transplantation will be performed in Azerbaijan for the first time, director of the Health Ministry’s Institute for Scientific-Research Hematology and Transfusiology Sultan Aliyev told.
According to him, bone marrow transplantation has been one of the major problems in the treatment of blood diseases. Sultan Aliyev said for now it is impossible to perform the transplantation in any medical facility, including Hematology and Transfusiology Institute, Health Ministry is carrying out important activities for its realization.
“Soon it will be possible. Hematology and Transfusiology Institute, Republic Thalassemia Center or Republic Oncological Center may realize it. Measures are being taken, proper places chosen for this,” he said.
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