Understanding Your Bone Marrow Transplant Treatment in India

Bone Marrow Transplant may be a possible cure for patients suffering from certain blood disorders and cancers. India has become first choice for Bone Marrow Transplant thanks to technological advancement, trained doctors, and outcomes-oriented treatment.

Indian hospitals successfully rate at par with world best centres at one-tenth costs. Dr Dharma Chaudhary is headed Asia’s largest BMT Centre at Max – BLK hospital equipped with ultra modern radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and blood transfusion facilities. Isolation rooms have HEPA filters in order to prevent hospital-acquired infection during bone marrow transplant.

Treatment Options Available in India

1. Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant
2. Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
3. Half Matched Transplantation
4. HLA Matched Donors Transplant
5. Pediartic BMT

Following Diseases are covered

• Aplastic Anemia,
• Sickle cell disorders
• Marrow failure syndromes
• Coagulative disorders
• Acute and chronic Leukemia’s
• Myelomas, lymphomas
• Multiple myeloma
• And other pediatric disorders.

Know Your Procedure

Identified donor is going to be explained a detailed consent form in a language that they can understand about the procedure and its side effects. Once the donor is agreed and signed the consent form only then the procedure can be carried out after carrying out thorough screening program in order to ensure safe donation. During the procedure bone marrow is collected with the help of a needle from the hip bone under general anesthesia without any surgical cut followed by transplantation of this bone marrow in patient’s body.

FAQs

1. How Patients and Donors are matched? 

A simple blood test is needed to determine HLA typing of patient and donor.                                                            

2. What are the side effects? 

Common side effects are Infections due to low immunity and bleeding due to diminish platelet count.

3. Will bone marrow transplant reduce the immunity of donors?

No, since because only 1%-5% bone marrow is required for donation hence immunity isn’t affected.

4. How long will donor recovery take place?

It varies from person to person and type of donation. Generally, it takes a week time to resume normal daily activities.

5. Does donor need follow up like patient?

Yes, until he or she resumes normal activities.

6. Reduced Intensity Transplantation?

This is often the only option for older and patients with multiple medical issues where small doses of chemotherapy or radiotherapy are used as this patient can’t tolerate full intensity Allogenic transplantation.

7. What is success rate?

Success rate depends on type of transplant, patient’s general condition and severity of the the disease. Generally it ranges from 90 – 95% in case of autologous transplant and 70 – 90% in case of allogenic transplantation. Success rate of half matched transplant is around 70%.

8. What is hospital stay in isolation room?

• Autologous BMT (3 weeks )
• Allogenic BMT  (4-6 weeks)

9. What is average stay of the patient in India during such procedure?

• Autologous BMT – One week Post-transplant, the patient will be followed-up in OPD
• Allogenic BMT – Patient needs Four weeks of follow up in OPD Post-transplant.

10. What is the cost of bone marrow transplant in India?

• Autologous BMT                          15000 USD
• Allogenic BMT                              26000 USD  ( HLA Matched Donor)
                                                         35000 USD  (Half Matched Donor)
  60000USD  Matched Unrelated donor)

• Pediatric BMT                               25000USD
• Chemo if needed                           10000 USD

Top doctors in India offering Bone Marrow Transplant

1. Dr Dharma Choudhary: Consultant & HOD, Max BLK centre for bone marrow transplant, Delhi, India.
2. Dr Shishir Seth: Sr. Consultant, bone marrow transplant unit at Indrapratha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi., India.
3. Dr Ashok Kumar Vaid : Chairman, Medical and Haemato Oncology, Cancer Institute at Medanta, The Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, India.
4. Prof  Vinod Raina: Chairman Institute of Oncosciences at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, India.
5. Dr Rahul Bhargava: Principal Director Hemato-Oncology at Fortis Memorial Research Institute
6. Dr Satya Prakash Yadav: Director Paediatric Hematology & Bone Marrow Transplant Institute at Medanta, The Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, India.
7. Dr Rahul Naithani : Director , Cancer care , oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant , Hematology and medical oncology at Max Super Specialty Hospital Saket, India.
8. Dr Nandini C Hazarika : Director, pediatric bone marrow transplant unit at Rainbow Children’s Hospital, India.
9. Dr Vikas Duaa : Director Pediatric bone marrow transplant & Hematology unit
10. Dr. Rakesh Chopra : HOD, Medical & Hematological Oncology at Artmemis Hospital, Gurgram, India.

Top hospitals in India Offering Bone Marrow Transplant

1. Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
2. Medanta The Medicity
3. Artemis Hospital
4. Max Super Speciality Hospital
5. Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram

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