Le ndaba imayelana ukufakelwa umnkantsha eNdiya. Mukhtar, who is from Assela in Ethiopia, suffers from deadly aplastic anemia. He travels to India for his stem cell transplant. Read the entire story here.
Mukhtar
Mukhtar is a young, 19-year-old Ethiopian who is pursuing his pharmacy degree from a reputed university in Assela, Ethiopia. A tall and handsome boy who love playing football, reading books and having a strong family bond. He lives in Assela, Ethiopia with his parents, 3 brothers and a sister.
UMukhtar noyise nomfowabo esikhumulweni sezindiza eNew Delhi
Izimpawu Zokuqala Ze-Aplastic Anemia
Suddenly, one fine day, he realized that he was tiring quite often while playing. Also, he is becoming more susceptible to frequent infections. Initially, the family thought it to be a routine infection and did home-based traditional treatments. However, the events of fatigue, infection kept on increasing, and now it also has nose bleeds and urine bleeds sometimes. When these symptoms didn’t stop for a few days, his father decided to show him to a doctor in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, home to some of the best hospitals in Ethiopia.
Bheka: Izindleko zokwelashwa kwe-aplastic anemia eNdiya
Ukuvakashelwa esibhedlela e-Addis
They showed up at one of the best hospitals in Ethiopia and consulted a physician. The doctor ordered some tests to be performed. While Mukhtar and his father waited for results, his symptoms kept on increasing. The doctor started preliminary treatment of the infection in order to control it. However, fate was not on the side of Mukhtar, results of the tests were not encouraging, and he was diagnosed with i-aplastic anemia, a rare disorder that originates from bone marrow and completely destroys it, leaving the patient prone to very frequent infections.
News of aplastic anemia came as a big shock to the entire family. The doctor also advised them to immediately go for the only curative treatment, which is a bone marrow stem cell transplant.
Family and friends of Mukhtar started inquiring about bone marrow stem cell treatment in Ethiopia, and to their shock, they learned that there is no hospital or specialist available in Ethiopia for bone marrow transplants. There are two kinds of BMT: autologous BMT and allogenic BMT. In autologous BMT, self-bone marrow is used, while in allogenic BMT, a donor bone marrow is used for the transplant. Mukhtar was clearly a case of an allogenic marrow transplant.
Ukukhetha i-India ukufakelwa kwe-stem cell
Mukhtar started online search about bone marrow transplant in different countries. Rates differed in the US; a bone marrow transplant cost almost $ 5,000,000 USD, the same in Europe, it cost approximately $ 200,000 USD e-Singapore, $ 150,000 in Turkey, and almost $ 75,000 USD. However, the cost of a bone marrow transplant in India was much lower than in these countries, it cost only $25,000–35,000 USD. Ukukhetha kwabo okusobala kwakunguNdiya.
ukufakelwa kwe-stem cell eNdiya
For almost two decades, bone marrow transplants have been conducted in India. India is home to some of the best hospitals for bone marrow transplants in the world, with some of the best bone marrow transplant specialists.
Izindleko zokufakelwa kwe-stem cell eNdiya
Allogenic fully matched stem cell transplant: $20,000–25,000 USD.
Allogenic half matched stem cell transplant: $ 29000–35,000 USD.
Allogenic independent registry: $55,000–65,000 USD.
Autologous stem cell transplant: $ 19000-22000 USD.
Bheka: Izindleko zokufakelwa kweseli lomnkantsha eNdiya
Best hospitals for bone marrow transplant in India
Nalu uhlu lwesibhedlela se-10 esihle kakhulu sokufakelwa komnkantsha eNdiya -
1) Isibhedlela se-BLK Super Specialty, eNew Delhi
2) Isibhedlela sika-Artemis, iGurugram
3) Mazumdar Shaw isikhungo somdlavuza, Bangalore
4) Isibhedlela esikhethekile saseNarayana Super, eHowrah
5) Isikhungo Somdlavuza se-HCG, e-Bangalore
6) Isikhungo Somdlavuza se-HCG EKO, eKolkata
7) i-American Oncology, iHyderabad
8) I-Oncology Yomhlaba Wonke, uNoida
9) Isibhedlela Somdlavuza saseDharamshila, eDelhi
10) Isibhedlela Sezokwelapha iMedanta, iGurugram
Xhumana neCancerFax
A friend of Mukhtar, who had already undergone heart surgery in India, suggested he contact ICancerFax, an award winning medical tour operator considered one among the best medical tour operator in India.
CancerFax is known for:
- Ithimba labanye ababonisi abahle kakhulu.
- There is a large network of hospitals and cities to choose from.
- Ukunakekelwa nosizo olumangalisayo.
- End-to-end services.
- Ukubonisana okuku-inthanethi nokulinganiselwa kwentengo kungakapheli amahora angama-24 wokuthunyelwa kombiko.
- Uhlelo lokwelashwa olwenzelwe wena uqobo.
- Free airport pick up and drop-off services.
- Ukubonisana ngokushesha, asikho isikhathi sokulinda.
- Local help for guest houses, hotels, and local SIM cards.
- Usizo lwe-visa yezokwelapha.
Within 24 hours of sending all the medical reports, Mukhtar had multiple hospital options for his bone marrow transplant. He chose the best hospital for bone marrow transplants in India. He was immediately issued a medical visa, and he was ready to fly to Delhi from Addis. At New Delhi airport, he was picked up by Sandeep, a CancerFax representative.
Mukhtar presented with a bleeding nose, bleeding urine, and infection across the body. He was feeling fatigued and has not taken any food since the last 3 days. He was immediately taken to the hospital, and after quick registration formalities, he was shifted to the ward. Treatment for Mukhtar has already begun.
Bheka: Izindleko zokwelashwa komdlavuza eNdiya
Ukulawulwa kokutheleleka
Mukhtar’s infections was controlled with standard medicines and he was feeling much better after 2 days of admission in the ward. When patient is presented with lot of infections, it is always advised to control all the infection first and then go for bone marrow transplant procedure. After 4 days of admission in the ward and infection control, Mukhtar was ready for bone marrow transplant.
Ukwelashwa ngamakhemikhali
few sessions of chemotherapy is given to the patient before bone marrow transplant, basically to kill the cancer or bad cells. This is done in order to ensure when fresh cells enter the body, there isn’t any bad cells to counter good cells.
Amaseli Abanikeli
Fresh cells to Mukhtar was donated by his 8-year-old younger brother, Mas Felmeta. His blood was extracted so that stem cells can be taken from the blood.
Ukufakelwa
After extracting stem cells from Mas Felmeta blood, it were infused into the blood stream of Mukhtar and thus transplant was completed. Now we have to wait for engraftment to occur. Fortunately, Mukhtar got engrafted on the 8th day of transplant and on 20th day after transplant, he was ready to be discharged from the hospital.
The bone-marrow transplant was successful. Now Mukhtar is absolutely alright and hopefully will not have any infection.
As promised, we all went for site-seeing around Delhi.
Odokotela abaphambili bokufakelwa kwe-stem cell eNdiya
UDkt Dharma Choudhary - Isikhungo Sokufakelwa Kwamathambo se-BLK, eNew Delhi is arguably India’s leading doctor for bone marrow stem cell transplants, with more than 2000 successful transplants to his credit. He is known for his successful career as a top BMT surgeon, Dr. Choudhary’s expertise in Thalassemia Bone Marrow Transplant, Thalassemia Stem Cell Transplant. Dr. Dharma Choudhary is the pioneer in India for his work in Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant for Thalassemia Major and Aplastic Anemia during his period at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Delhi. Dr. Dharma Choudhary has made it to the list of top 10 Hematologists and Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist of this generation in India. Known for his High success rates in Bone Marrow Transplant, Dr. Dharma Choudhary is a lifelong member of the Indian Society of Hematology & Transfusion Medicine. He is also popular among international patients from different corners of the world mostly from Afghanistan, Iraq, Oman, Uzbekistan, Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania.
UDkt Sanjeev Kumar Sharma is a practicing Hematologist with 19 years of experience. He is located in New Delhi. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sharma practices at the BLK Super Specialty Hospital eNew Delhi. Isibhedlela iBLK Super Specialty Hospital sise-5, eRadha Soami Satsang Rajendra Place, Pusa Road, eNew Delhi. USanjeev Kumar Sharma uyilungu elihlonishwayo leLungu Elibhalisiwe i-Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (ISHTM), ilungu elibhalisiwe leDelhi Medical Association (DMA) Ilungu elibhalisiwe le-Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (ISHTM), ilungu elibhalisiwe leDelhi Medical Association ( DMA) kanye neLungu le-Indian Society for Atherosclerosis Research (ISAR).
He pursued his MBBS in 1999 from University Of Delhi, Delhi. He completed his MD in 2006 from University Of Delhi, Delhi. He has also did his DM in 2012 from All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Dr Sanjeev has been awarded with Best Citizen of India Award.
UDkt Revathi Raj nguHematologist nodokotela wezingane ku Isibhedlela i-Apollo, Teynampet, Chennai futhi unokuhlangenwe nakho kweminyaka engama-24 kule mikhakha. UDkt Revathi Raj usebenza e-Apollo Specialty Cancer Hospital eTeynampet, Chennai nase-Apollo Children's Hospital eThousand Lights, eChennai. Uqede i-MBBS eMadras University, Chenai, India e1991, iDiploma yeChild Health (DCH) evela eThe Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University (TNMGRMU) e1993 nase FRC.PATH. (UK) evela eRoyal College of Pathologist e2008. Uyilungu le-Indian Medical Association (IMA). Ezinye zezinsizakalo ezihlinzekwa ngudokotela yilezi: I-Eosinophilia Treatment, Neck Pain Treatment, i-Chelation Therapy, i-Biochemistry kanye ne-Blood Transfusion njll. UDkt Revathi ubalwa nochungechunge olukhulu kakhulu ekufakweni komnkantsha ezweni. Uphathe ngempumelelo isifo se-hemophilia & sickle cell Unesifiso esikhethekile sokuphazamiseka kwegazi ezinganeni.
UDkt Sharat Damodar - Isikhungo Sokufakelwa Kwethambo laseNarayana Bone Marrow, eBangalore UDkt Sharat Damodar uqede i-MBBS yakhe eSt. Johns Medical College, eBangalore futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi waphothula iMD yakhe ekolishi i-DNB. Njengamanje usebenza njengePhini likaMongameli weMazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, eNarayana Health City. Ungudokotela Oncologist odumile osesebenze ngaphezu kuka-1000 Bone Marrow & Stem Cell Transplants waphinde wazuza umklomelo kaSihlalo we-Best Doctor ngo-2015. UDkt Sharat umkhakha wobungoti yi-bone marrow & stem cell transplant, cord blood transplantation & lymphoma. Izinqubo ezisemqoka ezenziwa nguDkt Sharat Damodar yi-Bone marrow & stem cell transplant, ukufakelwa kwegazi ngentambo, i-leukemia / lymphoma. UDkt Sharat wenze okungaphezu kuka-1000 ngempumelelo ukufakelwa umnkantsha weseli stem emsebenzini wakhe kuze kube manje.
UDkt Ramaswamy NV at I-Aster Medcity, iKochi is a Hematologist with more than 18 years of experience, Dr. Ramaswamy is an expert in management of malignant and non-malignant diseases of the blood, in patients of all ages. His areas of special interest are hemato oncology and stem cell transplant. Dr. Ramaswamy is expert in bone marrow stem cell transplant, umdlavuza wendlala, lung cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, & blood related disorders. He is specially interested in immunosuppressive drugs, targeted therapy, hodgkins lymphoma, myeloma, lymphoma, strocytoma, osteosarcoma, stereotactic radiosurgery, blood cancer, leukemia, sickle-cell anemia, germ cell tumour (GCT), thalassemia, non hodgkin lymphoma, and all forms, type and stages of cancer.
UDkt Pawan Kumar Singh - Artemis, Gurugram, Delhi (NCR) unolwazi lokwenza ukufakelwa umnkantsha okungaphezu kwama-300 (kufaka phakathi i-Autologous / Allogenic / Haplo / MUD) yezinkinga zegazi ezimbi nezingezimbi okubalwa kuzo i-thalassemia ne-aplastic anemia. Kwenziwe ngempumelelo iHaplo BMT ye-SCID enganeni enezinyanga eziyi-8 ubudala. Uyenze ngempumelelo i-MFD BMT ye-HLH enganeni eneminyaka emibili ubudala. Ngamunye wamisa iyunithi le-BMT eSibhedlela iJaypee futhi wenza ama-SOPs ngezinyathelo ezibalulekile zokusebenzisa ngempumelelo uphiko lwe-BMT. Kwenziwe i-BMT UNIT esibhedlela iJaypee isikhungo sokufakelwa kabusha kwe-MUD futhi yathola umkhiqizo we-PBSC ovela kuzwelonke (Datri) nakwirejista yamazwe omhlaba (DKMS). Kwenziwe ama-BMT ama-2 ezinyangeni eziyi-50 ezedlule esibhedlela iJaypee (MSD / MFD-18; Haplo-20; Auto-6 neMUD-2).
UDkt Joydeep Chakrabartty - Kolkata completed his MBBS from a renowned university in Calcutta and then went to the United Kingdom for his post graduate studies. He went on to obtain the MRCP (UK) and FRC PATH (UK), and FRCP (Glasgow) credentials during the course of his career. The latter being awarded for his role in leading and establishing services in Medicine. He has a special interest in the areas of Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT), especially mis-matched high end transplants for all conditions especially Acute Leukemias. He has worked in reputed institutes in the UK including St Bartholomews Hospital and in the prestigious Bone Marrow Transplant Fellowship at The Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
UDkt Joydeep Chakrabartty usebenze iminyaka eminingi kwiMedicine nakumayunithi wokunakekelwa abalulekile ngaphambi kokuthatha iHematology. Uhlangabezane futhi waphatha hhayi kuphela zonke izimo eziphuthumayo ze-hematological nemibandela kepha ukwelashwa kwakhe okujwayelekile jikelele kanye nokuchayeka kwe-ICU kumnika ithuba lokuphatha iziguli ezigula kakhulu okungukuthi iziguli ezitholwa ngokufakelwa iBone Marrow Transplant, i-Acute Leukemia's njll. yezifo ze-hematological. Ekubuyeni kwakhe, uDkt. Chakrabartty wasiza ekwakheni nasekuqhubeni ngempumelelo iminyango eminingi yokuThuthukiswa kweBone Marrow ezweni lonke. UDkt Joydeep Chakrabartty ubhale izindatshana eziningi zamajenali aholayo futhi ubhale neziza ezincwadini ezifundwayo.
UDkt Radheshyam Naik at Bangalore uyiphayona emkhakheni we-Medical Oncology eneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-25 yokuhlangenwe nakho okuqinile kwezemfundo emkhakheni wakhe. Uthole ukuqeqeshwa okuthuthukile ezikhungweni ezihola phambili emhlabeni okubalwa kuzo iMD Anderson Cancer Institute, e-USA, International School for Cancer Care, Oxford, UK, University of New South Wales, Australia, ukubala nje ezimbalwa.
Njengothathwa njengodokotela owaziwayo we-oncologist futhi onolwazi lokuvakashela izibhedlela zomdlavuza ezidumile emhlabeni wonke, uDkt Radheshyam ube nomsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wokufunda ekuphatheni zonke izinhlobo zomdlavuza kanye nokuphazamiseka kwe-haematological, enezincwadi ezimbalwa ezibuyekezwa ngontanga emaphephandabeni aholayo. Uyiphayona ekwenzeni izilingo ezahlukahlukene zezidakamizwa ezenziwe ngemithi yokwelashwa ngamakhemikhali engaphezu kwama-50 kuzilingo zikazwelonke nezamazwe omhlaba.
Unentshisekelo ekhethekile ohlelweni lwe-Bone Marrow Transplant futhi waphinde waqeqeshwa kakhulu eHadassah University, kwa-Israyeli; Isikhungo sezokwelapha iDetroit, Isibhedlela saseNew York eU.SA, Isikhungo Sezokwelapha saseCornell kanye naseHarper Hospital, eMichigan, e-USA.
UDkt Radheshyam ube negalelo elikhulu ekuthuthukiseni umkhakha weHematology neBone Marrow Transplantation eKarnataka. Wenze i-chemotherapy yokuqala ye-intra-arterial ethekwini laseKarnataka futhi ubizwa nangokuthi wenza iBone Marrow Transplant yokuqala eKarnataka.
UDkt USrinrin Kshirsagar yi-hematologist / hemato-oncologist nodokotela wokufakelwa umnkantsha osebenza e- Mumbai. Unesipiliyoni seminyaka engaphezu kuka-8 kulo mkhakha. Uphothule ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe okukhethekile esikhungweni sodumo iTata Medical Centre. Ubeyingxenye yeqembu elahlinza umnkantsha wamathambo ngaphezu kuka-200 eminyakeni emibili. Unezincwadi eziningi zikazwelonke nezamazwe ngamazwe. Wayengumseshi oyinhloko kolunye lwesivivinyo somtholampilo emkhakheni we-leukemia.Izinqubo ezibalulekile ezenziwa uDkt. Srinath umnkantsha wethambo nokufakelwa kwe-stem cell, ukufakelwa kwegazi ngentambo, i-leukemia / lymphoma. Kuye kwenziwa intuthuko enkulu ekuqondeni i-biology ye-Leukemia emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule. Lokhu kuye kwahumushela ukuqashelwa kwemigomo emisha yokwelapha, izindlela zokwelapha ezintsha kanye nokwelashwa okuhlosiwe okuye kwathuthukisa kakhulu imiphumela yomtholampilo yeziguli ezinoLeukemia. UDkt. Shrinath Shirsagar ungudokotela Onolwazi olunzulu lokwelashwa kweLeukemia neLymphoma ethuthukisiwe eMumbai.. With the 8 years of experience He is specially interested in immunosuppressive drugs, targeted therapy, hodgkins lymphoma, myeloma, lymphoma, strocytoma, osteosarcoma, stereotactic radiosurgery, blood cancer, leukemia, sickle-cell anemia, germ cell tumour (GCT), thalassemia, non hodgkin lymphoma, and all forms, type and stages of cancer.
