ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s famous hematologist Dr Tahir Shamsi passed away on Tuesday. He was under treatment in ICU of a private hospital since some days back due to brain hemorrhage. President Arif Alvi has expressed grief and sorrow over demise of Dr Tahir Shamsi saying Dr Tahir Shamsi has rendered meritorious services in medical and research field. His services in bone-marrow transplant operations and treatment of blood diseases and cancer will be remembered for ever. Dr Shamsi introduced bone-marrow transplants in Pakistan in 1996. During his career, he had performed 650 bone-marrow transplant operations and published over 100 research articles He was the one who came up with the idea of treating coronavirus patients by using the plasma of those recovered from the infection Online
