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By Amina Nazarli

Azerbaijani Republican Centre for Thalassemia has been authorized to conduct organs and tissues transplantation, Cabinet of Ministers said on December 6.

At the request of Health Ministry, the cabinet included the Republican Center of Thalassemia in the "List of medical institutions specializing in the transplantation of human organs and (or) tissues".

The center also received the right to conduct operations on a bone marrow transplant.

With this decision, Azerbaijan has six specialized medical institutions, which have the right to conduct operations of the transplantation of human organs and tissues.

Since November 17, 2011 such operations have been conducted in Republican Clinic Urological Hospital named after Mirmammad Javadzade.

Here operations on kidney transplantation are being held. Other centers conducting similar operations include Central Customs Hospital [liver, pancreas, kidney retina transplantation], National Ophthalmology Center named after Zarifa Aliyeva [retina transplantation], Central Hospital of Oil Workers [liver, kidney, pancreas, pancreas with duodenum, retinal transplantation], as well as Republican Treatment and Diagnostic Center [heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, spleen and retina transplantation].