BHUBANESWAR: Doctors at Bagchi Sri Shankara Cancer Centre and Research Institute (BSSCCRI) here have successfully performed an autologous bone marrow transplant (BMT) on a 48-year-old woman.
The woman from Cuttack district was detected with multiple myeloma and suffering for more than a year. This was the first BMT at BSSCCRI, which became the fifth hospital in the state to offer the haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
A team of doctors led by consultant of haemato-oncology and BMT department Dr Tribikram Panda retrieved stem cells from the patient’s body and performed the successful transplantation. “An autologous bone marrow transplant uses healthy blood stem cells from the patient’s own body to replace the diseased or damaged bone marrow. The patient has already been discharged after 16 days of hospital stay. She is now on routine clinical follow up post-transplant,” said Dr Panda.
This transplant was completely covered under Ayushman Bharat PM JAY scheme. Dr Amiya Ranjan Nayak and Dr Satarupa Mahapatra, consultants of haemato-oncology were part of the core team. Dr Santosh K Mishra from the transfusion medicine department, Dr Soumitra Ranjan Barik from radiation oncology and Dr Raka Hota and Dr Meghna from the haematology lab provided timely assistance to the primary team.
The BSSCCRI BMT unit, a centre of excellence in eastern India, was inaugurated by head of the institution Dr BS Srinath in April this year. Medical director Dr Lalatendu Sarangi said the unit is now treating myeloma, lymphoma including high-end leukaemia inductions with chemoimmunotherapy.