Children’s hospital organises meet with bone marrow donors and recipients
1 year, 1 month ago

Children’s hospital organises meet with bone marrow donors and recipients

The Hindu  

On the occasion of Children’s Day, the Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital organised a bone marrow transplanted children’s meet in the city on Tuesday. The bone marrow transplant unit of the hospital held the meet with donors and recipients of the transplant. Pointing out that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme and the Telangana Arogya Shree Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme have benefitted the patients, she said a major challenge had been finding the funds for children with primary immunodeficiency to fight against life threatening infections, especially for those ineligible for healthcare schemes. Deenadayalan, a haematologist at the hospital, also stated that beyond blood cancer, bone marrow transplant could also fight against rare blood disorders.

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