Saturday, January 20, 2007

Health in the news: Iran needs 500 more medical diagnostic laboratories

Dr. Alavian, the Vice Chancellor of Health of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, stated that 500 more medical diagnostic laboratories need to be constructed in the country to keep up with the population needs. Utilization frequency of the laboratories is 60 million times per year he added. Dr. Alavian told that the laboratories played a critical role in the 65% of thalassemia case reduction in recent years. Without the help of the laboratories reducing the incidence of hemophilia and PKU in the country will not happen he pointed out.
Source: http://pezeshkan.ir , Jan 19 , 2007
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