Bone marrow transplant comes under Swasthya Sathi, more patients to benefit
Nine institutes in Bengal conduct the procedure, two of them govt facilities.
NRS Medical College was the first hospital in eastern India to start bone marrow transfusion in 2009, followed by the Institute of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine at MCH in 2011. Despite a govt hospital being the first to launch the procedure in the eastern region, private facilities, such as Tata Medical Centre Kolkata, which started it in 2011, have carried out a higher number of cases than that at the two govt hospitals combined.
One of the main reasons behind this gap was finance, said a health department official. Even if the procedure was free at govt hospitals, many crucial tests were not available there, forcing patients to go to private labs for the investigations, said the health department official, adding it was a deterrent for patients who could not afford the cost.
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The two govt hospitals can carry it out under Swasthya Sathi," said a health official. "Under Swasthya Sathi, we are ready to serve more patients. At our hospital, we have at least 60 patients lined up for it," said professor Tuphan Kanti Dolai, head of haematology department at NRS, who will be the organising chairperson of Eastern India Blood Marrow & Cellular Therapy meet 2025 to start on Friday.
The procedure costs Rs 8 lakh to Rs 20 lakh at a private hospital. Bringing the cost down will be discussed at the two-day EIBMCT meet. "Aside from the transfusion's one-time high cost, it is the most cost-efficient treatment for blood disorders. In thalassaemia, its success rate as a curative option is 90% if held by seven years of age," said NRS haematology professor Rajib De, organising secretary of the EIBMCT meet.
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