KUNDUZ CITY (SW) – For the first time in the Northeast region, a hemophilia treatment center was opened in Kunduz by the Ministry of Public Health.
Officials of the National Blood Bank of Afghanistan, in the opening ceremony of this center which was heldon Thursda, said that this medical center was created to provide fast and better services to patients from Kunduz, Baghlan, Takhar and Badakhshan.
Mohammad Nasser Sadiq, the head of Afghanistan’s National Blood Bank, considered the creation of a hemophilia treatment center a serious need and said that many people with hemophilia in the country have a blood factor below one, and 98% of these patients are disabled. He adds: “When we saw that patients are coming to the center from the surrounding areas, even from Badakhshan and Helmand, and from different parts of the country, and they are in a very bad condition, we got the motivation that centers should be established in the zones and address this issue. We partnered with the ministry, and they directly ordered to establish the centers as soon as possible.”
Although the officials of the National Blood Bank of Afghanistan do not provide the exact statistics of the number of hemophilia patients in Kunduz, but they say that this health center has 10 beds.
Meanwhile, doctors specializing in hemophilia in Kunduz say that it is a hereditary genetic disease that causes the loss of blood from childhood, and if not treated, causes the death of the patient.
Heshmat Ehsaas, a specialist in the pediatric department of Kunduz regional hospital, says that the treatment of hemophilia patients is done in two ways. He said one is the treatment of episodes and the other is the treatment of disorders. He adds: “Preventive treatment means preventing bleeding, patients who mostly face surgical procedures need treatment, other patients who have disorders or patients who have joint, perineal or nasal bleeding, in that case, treatment is necessary.”
A number of patients in Kunduz, expressing their happiness about the establishment of a hemophilia treatment center in this province, say that before, they used to pay a lot of money to transport their patients to Kabul, but now, with the establishment of this center, part of their problems will be solved.
Mehrabuddin, one of the patients in Kunduz, whose young child has been suffering from hemophilia for months, says that due to poverty, he can no longer travel to the capital and is happy with the establishment of this treatment center. He says: “We are very happy that this center is ready. There were many problems on the way and it is very expensive for us to spend and go to Kabul.”
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