Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], September 16: Nagpur has etched its name on India's medical map after NewEra Mother & Child Hospital successfully completed Central India's first pediatric bone marrow transplant for Thalassemia Major, a feat that signals a new era in advanced pediatric healthca
Children suffering from thalassemia major and sickle cell anaemia require lifelong blood transfusion. These blood transfusions are life-saving, but this leads to problem of excess iron deposition in children suffering from these diseases. Excess iron in the body deposits in tissues and ca