A 64 year old gentleman came in on a wheel chair with a fracture of the hip joint. After certain tests he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (a form of bone marrow cancer). He had lost hope of living. I reassured him, administered chemotherapy to treat the cancer, to which he had a fantastic response. He was a fit retired policeman so we planned to do an Autologous (the stem cells are from the patients own blood) bone marrow transplantation. He was in hospital for 15 days in a special BMT (A clean room with special Air filters installed to block any fungal infection and dust particles) room at Apollo hospital. He went through the transplant with minimum complications and is now completely mobile – during last puja he rolled on the floor for 1 km to offer his gratitude.

A bone marrow transplant at the right time can change lives positively