SKIMS Performs First Matched Unrelated Donor Stem Cell Transplant
Jammu, June 23 -- Share Tweet Share Srinagar, Jun 23 (KNS) Jammu and Kashmir's premier tertiary care hospital SKIMS on Tuesday announced the successful completion of its first Matched Unrelated Donor (MUD) stem cell transplant, a procedure doctors said usually costs between Rs 30 lakh and Rs 40 lakh at many centres across the country. Addressing a press conference here, SKIMS Director Dr Ashraf Ganie described the transplant as a major milestone for the institution and said the procedure was carried out on a three-year-old child, Luqman, who received stem cells from an unrelated donor identified in Poland through an international donor network. He said the hospital managed to perform the transplant at a fraction of the usual cost, with mo...
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