Hematology

The Hematology department in Zulekha Hospital Sharjah offers high standard of specialized and comprehensive care to treat different types of cancer (malignant) and non-cancer (benign) blood disorders. Our trained physicians put their patient’s interest first and work closely with other specialties and insurance companies to provide the best available care. We offer a wide range of services to include consultations, interpretations of blood results, diagnostic tests like bone marrow biopsies/ blood films and treatment of different types of blood disorders

Examples of benign (non-cancerous) hematological diseases include:

• All types of Anemia (e.g. iron, B12 or folate deficiencies...etc.)
• Hemolysis (breaking of red cells)
• Diseases with Iron overload like hereditary hemochromatosis
• Bleeding disorders
• Blood clots and Thromboembolic disorders
• Blood problems related to pregnancy
• Low platelet (thrombocytopenia) and low white cell count
• Raised hemoglobin (and other raised blood counts like platelets and white cells)
• Thalassemia
• Sickle cell disease

Examples of malignant (cancerous) diseases include:

• Chronic myeloid leukemia ( CML)
• Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
• CMML
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
• Indolent and aggressive lymphomas (Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s)
• Multiple myeloma
• Amyloidosis
• Waldenstroem macroglubulinemia(WM)