History and tradition

Structure
 - Clinical hematology department
 - Laboratory department "Diagnostics of blood diseases"
 - Transfusion hematology department
 - Administrative department
 - Quality assurance and quality control of blood and blood products laboratory
 - Department for preparation of treatment and diagnostic plasma products
 - Organization and providing of information department of NCHT

Activities
 - Diagnostics
 - Curative activities
 - Preparation of blood products
 - Science & research
 - Clinical trials
 - Educational activities

Staff
 - Clinical hematology department
 - Laboratory department "Diagnostics of blood diseases"
 - Transfusion hematology department
 - Administrative department
 - Quality assurance and quality control of blood and blood products laboratory
 - Department for preparation of treatment and diagnostic plasma products
 - Organization and providing of information department of NCHT

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CONSULTING ROOM WITH LABORATORY OF THALASSEMIAS
AND
PATHOLOGICAL HEMOGLOBINS

 

Hemoglobin disorders, which include the Thalassemias and hemoglobinosis, are the commonest inherited diseases. The consulting room with laboratory of Thalassemias and pathological hemoglobins is unique in the country with its' activities - medical treatment by hemotransfusions and monitoring of patients with Thalassemia Major by laboratory, radioscopic and specific diagnostic tests; diagnostics of hemoglobinopathies; maintaining a regularly-updated register of Thalassemia carriers in the Bulgarian population, as well as a research work, related to these problems. Established since 1970 and approved as the most authoritative all over the country, this laboratory keeps a very good collaborations with all medical centers, which are concerned with patients, suspected for hemoglobinopathies.

Aims and functions:

1. Diagnostic work - detection of different kinds of hemoglobinopathies. The steps after finding out any abnormality are orientated on two directions - the first is the specifying of the pathological hemoglobin and its' characteristics, and the second is the determination of Thalassemia's type. The largest number of patients comes from the hematological sectors of the medical institutions in Sofia and in the country. All results are entered into the card-index. A genealogical analyses is provided to the patients with abnormalities.

2. Medical treatment and monitoring - since January 2000, twenty patients over 18 years with Thalassemia Major are regularly treated, monitored and put down into a dispensary system according to the international recommendations. The level of the serum ferritin is estimated every three months and iron-chelation therapy with Desferal is applied.

Expectations for the future development:

The hemoglobinopathies and especially the Thalassemias are genetic diseases of significant social importance because of the geographical position of Bulgaria and the increasing number of the children with the homozygous form - the Cooley's anemia. This problem has to be solved by restriction of the hemoglobinopathias dissemination. A comprehensive strategy, combining the best possible patient care, with prevention by community information, carrier screening and prenatal diagnosis is in process of implementation.