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Patients with Thalassemia placed piquet in front of Health Ministry

04 April 2006 [09:53] - TODAY.AZ
About 70 patients with thalassemia disease and parents who have children sick with thalassemia have placed an action in front of Health Ministry.

Chingiz Mammadov, parent of sick child, told APA that according to the decision of Cabinet of Ministers "On volume and rule of the medical aid to the patients suffering from Hemophilia and thalassemia", their examination and treatment should be carried out free of charge.

But this decision is not fulfilled. The parent has stated that blood components were not examined while transfusion blood to their children, as a result two of the children have infected AIDS virus, one of the infected child has died.

90% of children were infected hepatitis C, $500 is needed to cure this disease.
One of the action participants who held an action to bring the problems to Ogtay Shiraliyev's attention, public Unity "Charity world" Vise President Rauf Muradov has met with the Minister.

The Minister informed Muradov that he had no information about the problems mentioned above and promised to solve it in near future.

The action participants intend to place an action in front of the President's Office also.

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