Singer's relative Igbal Guliyev told the APA the singer will continue his treatment within a month in Istanbul and then return to Baku. His treatment will continue within a year. Guliyev said that several singers visited Baloglan Ashrafov in hospital.

Baloglan Ashrafov was hospitalized with cirrhosis in Central Clinic Hospital on March 8. Later he was sent to memorial Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey with support of Mubariz Meseimov, president of Palmali Group of Companies. Ashrafov underwent surgery two weeks later.