Chennai: Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital (KKCTH), joined with Rela Hospital, to effectuate the first paediatric bone marrow transplant on a six-year-old girl child successfully.
Dr Deenadayalan, Clinical Lead for Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant, said, “This girl from Chittoor was diagnosed with Thalassemia major at birth was also born with a defect in her upper lip and palate. She underwent surgical correction at one year of age after initiating blood transfusion support. She required regular blood transfusions every three weeks to survive.”
A press release said, “As the family was from a poor financial background and was unable to cope up with the medical needs, KKCTH and Rela Hospital performed the Bone Marrow Transplant at no cost. This is the first Bone Marrow Transplant done at Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, gratuitously through full capital assistance from crowdfunding agency MILAAP and philanthropic donor including Devaki Muthiah, W/o Dr AC Muthiah, chairman, The Childs Trust.”
Dr S Balasubramanian, medical director, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, stated that KKCTH has signed an MOU with Dr Rela Hospital, which is well known for the excellence in organ transplantation, to grant clinical support for our Bone Marrow Transplant program.
Professor Mohamed Rela, CMD, Rela Hospital, said “I wholeheartedly agreed to support the Bone Marrow Transplant program at KKCTH as more children would be benefited.”