Punjab to establish Bone Marrow Transplant Centre - Video
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Punjab to set up Bone marrow transplant Centre
To strengthen public healthcare services, the Punjab government on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Ludhiana's Christian Medical College (CMC) to set up the state's first Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) facility in the public sector.
The aim is to launch a life-saving initiative for children suffering from thalassemia and find a permanent solution.
According to the PTI report, the MoU was signed in the presence of Health Minister, Dr Balbir Singh, who applauded the collaborative spirit of this initiative and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to making advanced healthcare accessible and affordable for all.
Under this programme, eligible patients, particularly children under 12 years, will be provided free HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) typing and subsidized allogeneic stem cell (bone marrow) transplantation, which is currently the only curative treatment for thalassemia. Once successfully treated, these children no longer require lifelong blood transfusions.
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