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“These are alarming statistics because it means that people from this region have to wait a longer period of time to find a perfect match,” he explained, adding that Saudi Arabia was edging closer to building a registry. “There are 60-65 transplants done in a year in Saudi Arabia,” he said.
Giving an overview of the current state of bone marrow transplantation in the Middle East, Prof Fahmy said the percentage of unrelated donors was substantially low. “Siblings are the best donors in most cases, but in this region at least 60 per cent of patients lack marrow donations from their siblings for various reasons. This is a double setback as unrelated donors are hardly available in this region,” he explained.
The professor pointed out that the region was faced with two major diseases — thalassaemia and a severe form of anaemia.
”There is also a lack of basic information about several diseases including these two as there are no statistics and field surveys available,” he said, adding that among the recommendations to be presented at the conference would be the need to upgrade resources, statistics, published data and expertise as well as to collaborate on scientific research.
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