Quacks behind most hepatitis deaths in Pakistan

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Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi (India) Chairman Dr Anil Arora said a majority of deaths of hepatitis patients in Pakistan were due to treatment by quacks.

Speaking to the media during examination of patients at the Liver Clinic on Sunday, he said that patients of hepatitis in India were very low as compared to Pakistan. According to him, liver transplant of more than 1,000 patients was carried out in India every year while transplant in Pakistan was much less than India. He announced that Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi (India) would provide free training to Pakistani doctors so that they could effectively treat patients.

Dr Anil Arora said that Indian scientists were conducting research on stem cell therapy for hepatitis B & C patients requiring liver transplant. “We have given experimental doses of Neupogen injections to 10 patients out of which six patients are showing signs of improvement,” he added. He said the treatment was a five-day course which helped activate dormant cells in the bone marrow that removed immediate risks to patients due to delay in their liver transplant. Dr Vasu Deewan and Dr Azizur Rehman were also present.

‘Quacks behind most hepatitis deaths in Pakistan’ - thenews.com.pk