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Financial assistance for Bone marrow transpant

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Poirot:
Hemant,

Your doctor will evaluate your son, and let you know which "category" or level he falls into based on:
1. Age of the patient
2. Number of units transfused, which is in any case linked to the age
3. Iron levels in the body
4. Major Organ health
5. Splenectomy - done or not

The above is assuming that you have a HLA-matched donor.

Current data of BMTs done in India indicates that 94% of Category-1 patients have a successful recovery. The success rates drop off quite sharply for Category 2/3/4 patients.

I would strongly advise against a BMT if your son is not a category-1 candidate.

Cheers

Poirot

HEMANT:
my son age is 10 year blood transfussion  onces in a month after 22 days max blood in body is 8 to 9 in the last days thalassemia major beta  iron is under control because we use destrol in regular basis

Shama:
My brother is 25 years old. So in which category he comes. He has to get 2 units of blood every 3-weeks.
Can we go for BMT
Thanks

Narendra:
Shama - Refer to the post : http://www.thalassemiapatientsandfriends.com/index.php/topic,3525 which talks about BMT in adults

anjan_sh:
The cost of Rs. 1200000 is minimum. In some cases, it goes up to 50 lacs. So I would suggest you to arrange for at least 20 lacs. All the best....

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