2-month old baby undergoes bone marrow transplant in Mumbai
A two-month old baby becomes one of the youngest patient in the country to undergo a bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor in Mumbai
Mumbai: A two-month old baby becomes one of the youngest patient in the country to undergo a bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor in Mumbai.
The baby was diagnosed with rare genetic disorder bubble baby syndrome, which means the child was born without an immune system.
Sources say, the baby Anisha, born to a couple from Mangalore was flown to the Mumbai and admitted to BJ Wadia Children’s Hospital-Parel when she was just 19 month old after being diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder known as severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID).
The couple had lost their firstborn to the same disease before her first birthday.The doctors were aware that Anisha needed the bone marrow transplant at the earliest.
The Primary immunodeficiencies are rare, affecting 1 in 100,000 people and it can be cured with only Bone marrow transplant, said doctors.
“Time is crucial in children with SCID as infections can be fatal. Our team worked 24×7 to check the three Indian bone marrow registries, reach out to the full matched donors. Luckily, within a few days of her admission with us, we found a fully matched donor for the transplant,” said Dr Hiwarkar to TOI.
After two months of being hospitalised, Anisha was discharged from the hospital on December 26.
“While we waited for a full match donor, Anisha was admitted in the bone marrow transplant unit and care was taken to avoid exposure to bugs leading to infection. She is the youngest BMT patient with an unrelated donor. With her case, we want more people to come forward and be donors for BMT,” said Dr Hiwarkar.
Ms Kalinga