ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination on Thursday signed an MoU with Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre (AFBMPC) to provide bone marrow transplant facility to general public.
Under the agreement, the facility would also be provided to the federal government employees and their families alongwith armed forces personnel and their families and defense paid employees.
The MoU was signed on behalf of National Health Services by Director General (Health), Dr Assad Hafeez whereas Major General Tariq Mehmood Satti, Commandant Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, Rawalpindi signed on behalf of his organization. Maj. Gen. Parvez Ahmed Commandant Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) was also present on the occasion.
Speaking at the ceremony Secretary Ministry of National Health Services, Muhammad Ayub Shaikh expressed his gratitude to the Commandant AFIP and AFBMPC for their efforts in making the MoU possible. It was a noble initiative and would be beneficial for large number of patients, he added.
Commandant of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Maj Gen. Parvez Ahmed also spoke on the occasion and elaborated the efforts and initiatives taken to make the MoU possible. Under the MoU, the National Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplant will be established at Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre and it will be designated as National Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplant (NIBMT).
This new facility will broaden the scope of hospital, so that bone marrow and stem cell transplant will also be extended to federal govenment employees and general public.
It will also serve to extend training facilities in the field of Bone Marrow Transplant and Clinical Haematology.
