Kamran Musayev: over 50 patients in Azerbaijan await heart transplants

Baku, 31 October (AZERTAC) - The first donor heart transplant in Azerbaijan and the wider region was carried out at the end of October last year. Professor Kamran Musayev, honorary chairman of the Azerbaijan Heart and Vascular Surgery Society, told AZERTAC that the operation was a historic achievement for the country and the entire Caucasus region. He said it also reflected the development of the country's healthcare system.

Musayev said interest in transplantation has grown significantly since the first heart transplant. More than 1,500 citizens have volunteered to register as organ donors with the Ministry of Health's Coordination Center for Organ Donation and Transplantation, most of them in the past year. According to a list submitted by the Central Clinic to the center, more than 50 patients are waiting for a heart transplant. The patients range in age from around 4-5 years old to 60 years old.