The Ministry of Health (MoH), in partnership with the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), has for the first time in Oman started nonsurgical procedures through the Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) device.

ECP is a cutting-edge, nonsurgical procedure to treat graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a complication of bone marrow and stem cell transplants and other autoimmune disorders in children. ECP is also used to treat solid organ transplant rejection.

‘In line with the ‘Partnership in Health’ approach and continuation of the cooperation between the health institutions and hospitals in the sultanate, MoH, in partnership with SQUH, now provides ECP for the first time in Oman,’ stated MoH.