Offering Services to 800 Hemophilia and 400 Thalassemia Patients at Sorour Clinic

Dr. Zahra Badiei, the director of Sorour Specialist Clinic in hemophilia and thalassemia affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, asserted: currently, 800 hemophilia and 400 thalassemia patients citizen in Khorasan Razavi province are constantly benefiting from the services of this center.

According to WebDa, in the journalists s’ visit of Sorour Specialist Clinic, Dr. Badiei stated: apart from hemophilia and thalassemia patients of Khorasan Razavi Province, Sorour Clinic offers services to patients referred to here from other regions, especially the east and north east of the country.

The director of Sorour specialist clinic said: as to the type of their diseases and the medicinal side effects, hemophilia and thalassemia patients demand specialist treatments and marginal cures. Hence, some services are centralized and offered in this clinic including: blood transfusion for thalassemia patients, orthopedic services, dentistry services and physiotherapy services.

She added: last year, 10,000 thalassemia patients referred to Sorour Clinic to receive treatment services, and 1,300 physiotherapy services and 120 orthopedic visits are recorded.

Offering Free Service to Hemophilia and Thalassemia Patients

In the Framework of Health System Revolutionizing Program

Dr. Javad Rajabian, specialist official in exclusive disease (thalassemia, hemophilia, dialysis patients) of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences averred: the annual expenses for specialist treatments is about 8,600 to 9,700 dollars for a hemophilia patient and 2,900 to 3,500 dollars for a thalassemia patient.

Dr. Rajabian added: following the execution of Health System Revolutionizing Program, all medicine and treatment services of hemophilia and thalassemia patients are offered free of charge.

On a daily basis, Sorour Clinic of Mashhad receives 100 thalassemia and hemophilia patients, people seeking developmental disorders’ screening, and people seeking services in the scope health and hygiene such as vaccination and pregnancy care.

This specialist official of exclusive diseases in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences reported the operationalization of other exclusive specialist clinics within Sorour clinic in near future. According to what is predicted, these clinics have the capacity to routinely offer services to 50 patients in need of treatment referring to here.

He spoke of spending 228,600 dollars to reconstruct and optimize Sorour Specialist Clinic. Providing the equipment and medical facilities to operationalize specialist services in this clinic requires 285,800 dollars credit which calls for the support of the philanthropists and charitable people.

Dr. Farhad Heydarian, the director of Dr. Sheikh hospital of Mashhad said: Sorour Clinic is the second branch of this hospital established by altruist Alizadeh brothers in a memory of their late mother.

Dr. Heydarian added: this clinic was established in 2003 in an area of 2,700 square meters.

In this program, media correspondents and journalists of Khorasan Razavi visited various departments of Sorour clinic including laboratory, developmental disorders’ screening, physiotherapy, dentistry and orthopedic department.