YEREVAN, OCTOBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. About 50 renal transplantation surgeries have been performed at Arabkir Medical Complex since 1991. Spartak Ghazarian, Director of the Complex, told NT correspondent that at present they can perform up to 30 transplantations annually. The complex is the only medical establishment to provide diagnosis and full treatment of kidney diseases in the country. Kidney transplantation surgeries have been partly performed within the framework of state order since 2004. According to the complex director, the cost of a transplantation operation and treatment makes 15 thousand USD, this sum being equally shared by the state, patient and the Arabkir Benevolent Fund. 4 patients were transplanted kidneys last year. S. Ghazarian noted that despite the fact it costs much less to undergo a kidney transplantation surgery in Armenia (for example, it costs 30-35 thousand USD in Saint Petersburg), Armenian citizens prefer to have such operations abroad. Yet, in the words of S. Ghazarian, the results of the renal transplantations at Arabkir Complex are not inferior to those in the developed European countries.

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