Bone marrow and stem cells for children

In the second quarter of 2006, the Hospital (National Hospital of Pediatrics) will perform bone marrow and stem cell transplantation for children.

On February 8, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Liem, Director of the National Pediatric Hospital said: After the success of liver transplantation, kidney transplant is preparing for bone marrow and stem cell transplantation techniques.

An organ transplant performed by Vietnamese doctors (Photo: VNN) Accordingly, bone marrow and stem cell transplantation techniques will be implemented for diseases such as pediatric patients with white blood disease who are no longer able to respond. with medication treatment or repeated relapses; patients with hemoglobin disorder, myelosuppression and some forms of cancer such as leukemia, cancer of the tumor, neuroblastoma, benign tumors .

In contrast to organ transplantation, after transplanting patients must use life-long anti-rejection drugs, bone marrow transplantation and family stem cells only pay for immunosuppressive drugs for patients within 18 months.

After that time, the patient can function normally.

Currently, the National Hospital of Pediatrics has equipped a machine system to implement the bone marrow and stem cell transplantation techniques of Germany and America. Each year hundreds of pediatric patients need bone marrow transplantation and stem cells, mainly patients with leukemia.

Estimated, the Central Children 's Hospital will perform from 20-30 transplant cases / year.

BV will waive the cost of grafting for the first 3-5 transplant cases.

Currently, bone marrow transplantation and stem cells for children have been implemented by some countries in the region, but only in Vietnam for adults at Hospital 108, Hue Central Hospital .

Le Ha