Financial assistance for Bone marrow transpant

Hemant,

Your doctor will evaluate your son, and let you know which "category" or level he falls into based on:
1. Age of the patient
2. Number of units transfused, which is in any case linked to the age
3. Iron levels in the body
4. Major Organ health
5. Splenectomy - done or not

The above is assuming that you have a HLA-matched donor.

Current data of BMTs done in India indicates that 94% of Category-1 patients have a successful recovery. The success rates drop off quite sharply for Category 2/3/4 patients.

I would strongly advise against a BMT if your son is not a category-1 candidate.

Cheers

Poirot

my son age is 10 year blood transfussion  onces in a month after 22 days max blood in body is 8 to 9 in the last days thalassemia major beta  iron is under control because we use destrol in regular basis

My brother is 25 years old. So in which category he comes. He has to get 2 units of blood every 3-weeks.
Can we go for BMT
Thanks

Shama - Refer to the post : http://www.thalassemiapatientsandfriends.com/index.php/topic,3525 which talks about BMT in adults

The cost of Rs. 1200000 is minimum. In some cases, it goes up to 50 lacs. So I would suggest you to arrange for at least 20 lacs. All the best....