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Indian Medicine Touches Peak of its Glory – Transplant Patient’s OWN Stem Cells Help beat Cancer
16/11/2009 11:43
Year - 2009
Venue -JaslokHospital Mumbai
Consultants – Dr Madan Bahadur treating Nephrologist, Dr Sameer Shah Hematologist, Dr Ganapati Bhat Oncologist
In a rare case Mr Singh the renal transplant patient a senior engineer in the Indian Government was struck by an explosive type of cancer Multiple Myeloma – Big boils erupted across his body that impaired his ability to sign and speak. This is a rare instance where the renal transplant patient was struck by Myeloma. The treating doctors at Jaslok were put in a quandary as to what is causing it and how to fight it. The intake of Immunosuppressant (drugs which reduce the immune system of the body to accept the transplanted organ), which are a must for every transplanted patient, was helping in the acceptance of the transplanted kidney but at the same time was enhancing the growth of the Myeloma. The stopping or reduction of immunosuppressant would grievously hamper his renal transplant and put him at a grave risk
The doctors decided to udergo another transplant on the patient, but this time a bone marrow transplant using the patients own Stem Cells. No Transplant patient in India had ever undergone a Stem cell transplant as a rescue mission against Cancer. This medical marvel proved to be a boon for Mr Singh who not only survived the Ordeal but was victorious. His recent PET (Positron emission tomography) scan shows complete eviction of the cancerous cells and complete recovery of the patient. Though the patient is being monitored regularly and is living his life at peace with complete abandon of the disease but the Doctors who have treated him are busy preparing the white paper for the filtering of the information to the world about this major Medical breakthrough.
Mr Singh becomes the first patient in Medical History across the world to undergo this treatment. Generally renal failure is a known complication in Multiple Myeloma patients and they undergo a Bone marrow transplant first before the renal transplant says Dr Hase a renowned Nephrologist at KEM hospital Mumbai. Whereas, Mr Singh has gone in the opposite direction, has become of great academic interest to the scientific minds of the World.
This Medical breakthrough allows us to believe that India is achieving Medical glory and the endeavors of the Indian Medical minds are scaling new peaks everyday. The advent of Medical Tourism and the inclination towards India in the growing numbers every year is certainly justified. In the coming years we are very sure of the South asian and south east asian countries taking the lions share of this Industry with the growing need of healthcare and rising costs in the west is making destinations like India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Uzbekistan etc the flavor of the month. They seem poised to show a sharp upside in the growth of this industry.
Stem cell transplants related and unrelated have been performed at various Asian destinations regularly and have shown significant and respectable clinical results. Recently India and Singapore have shown high inclination with dedicated research and registries specially for these procedures. And these breakthroughs are corroborating their developments and earnest desire for cures of the incurable a few years ago.
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- Malathy Iyer, TOI story 2009 , July 27
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