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Germany's Bone Marrow donor helps cure thalassemia in 2-yrs old child from Jammu | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 22: A 2 years old child Mohd Arsalan- diagnosed Thalassemia diseases- from Poonch underwent a successful Bone Marrow Transplant from a German donor that cured him from Thalassemia completely by team of Narayana Health City, Bengaluru. Addressing media persons, Bangalore's renowned Pediatric Hematologist & Oncologist Dr. Sunil Bhat told few months after Arsalan birth was found to be irritable, lethargic and severely anaemic. On extensive workup and examinations at a local hospital, he was found to have a serious disease called Thalassemia major that required frequent blood transfusions every few weeks to survive. Finding out that Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) is the only hope to cure Thalassemia, the family travelled down south to Narayana Health City in Bengaluru along with the child in the hope of a permanent cure. "I started world-wide search to identity any potential matching donor. Arsalan was lucky to find a fully matched donor that was identified from a German registry, " he said and adding he was cured of Thalassemia through Bone Marrow Transplant from an unrelated donor in Germany. He was admitted for two months at the hospital undergoing treatment. Now more than four months post-transplant, he is completely cured of the disease and doesn't need blood transfusion anymore". The procedure was done at Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center in Narayana Health City, Bengaluru. On this occasion, Dr. Shriman Narayan, Clinical Director - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital announced the launch of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Clinic at the Hospital located in Kakriyal near Katra in Jammu. "We will now conduct a special clinic during the last week of every alternate month starting from this month with doctors from BMT Unit of Narayana Health City visiting our hospital to screen children with all types of blood disorders and provide consultation with patient education", he said. Dr. Sunil Bhat from Narayana Health City will be available at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital on Friday, 23rd September for screening and consultation on various types of cancer and blood disorders among children. |
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