Chandy M
Hematology Department, The Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008 Aug;42 Suppl 1:S81-S84. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2008.124.
This paper outlines the BMT activity in India and describes in some detail the transplant program at the Christian Medical College, Vellore. In September 2005, data from six transplant centers in India were collected and a total of 1540 transplants have been performed in a country of over one billion population. At the center in Vellore, from October 1986 to December 2006, a total of 626 transplants have been performed in 595 patients, with 28 patients having more than one transplant. Thalassemia accounted for a third of these transplants: the country has over 20 million carriers and 10,000 children are born each year with thalassemia major. The average cost of allogeneic BMT in India is around $15,000-20,000, and this is considerably lower than the cost in the West. India needs to develop more transplant centers with adequately trained personnel, as there is great need for them. Improvements in the economy mean that more patients can afford this treatment.
本文概述了印度的骨髓移植活动，并详细介绍了位于韦洛尔的基督教医学院的移植项目。2005年9月，收集了印度六个移植中心的数据，在这个人口超过十亿的国家，总共进行了1540例移植手术。在韦洛尔的中心，从1986年10月到2006年12月，共对595名患者进行了626例移植手术，其中28名患者接受了不止一次移植。地中海贫血占这些移植手术的三分之一：该国携带地中海贫血基因的人数超过2000万，每年有10000名重型地中海贫血患儿出生。印度异基因骨髓移植的平均费用约为15000 - 20000美元，这比西方的费用要低得多。印度需要发展更多配备训练有素人员的移植中心，因为对此有巨大需求。经济的改善意味着更多患者能够负担得起这种治疗。
