Dr. Lawrence Falconer, Thalassemia and Transplant specialist at Child PGI, Sector 30, along with his team inspected the BMT unit. Hundred. management
Jagran correspondent, Noida. In the Child PGI located in Sector-30, a senior doctor of the Department of Hematology Oncology along with her team has succeeded in transplanting the bone marrow of 94 child patients suffering from serious diseases like Thalassemia and Cancer in one and a half years. The Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit was visited by the Thalassemia and Transplant specialist with his team on Tuesday. Meanwhile, he made special contribution in establishing BMT programs for child patients from economically weaker sections.
Head of Hematology Department, Dr. Neeta Radhakrishnan said that thalassemia and transplant experts were Dr. Lawrence Falconer, Shobha Tuli, (Thalassemics India), Dr. Zainul Aibuddin and Lalit Parwar from Bal Ayush Foundation. Pro. Falconer is internationally known for his focus on curative therapy for thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies. He is the Medical Director of the Cure to Children Foundation (Florence, Italy).
He has played a significant role in establishing high-quality and low-cost BMT programs in India and other countries. The delegation interacted with Director Dr. Arun Kumar Singh and faculty, nursing and technical teams of the departments of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Transfusion Medicine and allied services. Reviewed the clinical and educational progress of this liver transplant program.
Told him that the Pediatric BMT program was inaugurated in 2020. Strengthened with a new state-of-the-art unit from June 2024. 94 pediatric bone marrow transplants have been completed by 2025. According to Dr. Neeta, all the patients are suffering from Thalassemia, Aplastic Anemia, Leukemia, Primary Immunodeficiency and other rare marrow failure syndromes.