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Over 100 kidney transplants at Mohand Amokrane Maouche specialized hospital in Algiers
ALGIERS- More than 100 kidney transplants have been performed at the Mohand Amokrane Maouche hospital of Algiers since the launch of the national programme of organ transplants late 2006, Prof. Ammar Bertal disclosed Tuesday. Prof. Bertal, the head of the Vascular Surgery Department at the specialized hospital, said specialists carrying out the transplant surgery "have committed, as part of the national programme of organ transplants, to carry out more than 100 operations for patients aged between 5 and 50 years, including 20 children." The specialist said two transplant surgeries are performed in the hospital every week, with a good postsurgical follow-up.

[Aps   29/6/10]

Algeria-France seal agreement for serious skin diseases treatment
ORAN (Algeria)- The works of the fifth dermatological days wrapped up Saturday in Oran (432 km west of Algiers) with the conclusion of an agreement between Algerian and French dermatologists for the treatment of serious skin diseases. By virtue of the agreement, the heads of Dermatology Departments at the teaching hospitals of Oran, Algiers, Tlemcen and Sidi Bel-Abbes and French doctors from the towns of Nimes, Lille and Clermont-Ferrand will exchange information and experiences concerning diagnosis of some serious skin diseases, and mainly cutaneous lymphoma, said President of the Dermatology Association of Oran, Dr. Boukerche Tarik.

[Aps   27/6/10]

 

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