TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERTISE TO BEAT LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS.
The Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant at MMHRC deals with complicated ailments related to the blood, bone marrow and lymph nodes. The diseases could be of a malignant or benign nature. They include cancers like leukemia (blood cancer), lymphoma and myeloma. Non-cancerous diseases of the blood include bone marrow failure (aplastic anaemia), anaemia due to inherited disorders like thalassaemia, sickle cell anaemia and bleeding disorders like hemophilia and immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
FACILITIES
- OPD: Monday to Saturday from 9am to 6pm
- Day care chemotherapy
- Day care bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
- Lumbar puncture for CSF analysis and intrathecal instillation of chemotherapy
- Bone marrow transplantation
- 24-hour blood bank with availability of all blood components (packed red cells, fresh frozen plasma, platelet concentrates, cryoprecipitate, single donor platelets, granulocyte collection, stem cell collection and storage of cryopreserved stem cells at 80 degree Celsius)
- Cytogenetic, flow cytometry and molecular studies done at reputed institutes (Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai; Christian Medical College, Vellore; and Ranbaxy Lab, Mumbai)
- Radiation therapy
- Inpatient general ward, private rooms, deluxe rooms and special ward for neutropenic patients
- HEPA filtered rooms
- Apheresis machine (Fresenius Kabi) used for peripheral blood stem cell collection, single donor platelet collection, granulocyte collection and plasmapheresis
- Multispecialty consultations round-the-clock with 24-hour emergency services
- 24-hour biochemistry, pathology and microbiology laboratory (NABL accredited)
- Complete coagulation workup (Factor assays) available round the clock
Services Provided
We have state-of-the-art infrastructure necessary for bone marrow transplantation that include: 18 bedded HEPA filtered transplant unit, 24 hour regional blood bank, 3 state of the art apheresis machines (COBE Spectra and Fresinius Kabil), facility to irradiate blood products and deep freezers to store cryopreserved stem cells.
State-of-the-art Coagulation Lab: We are proud of the fact that we are the first hospital in Southern Tamil Nadu to have a state of the art coagulation laboratory which can do comprehensive coagulation factor assays. We can also do surgeries for Hemophiliacs as we have the facilities to monitor factor levels. Various bleeding disorders managed include Hemophilia, Von Willebrand Disease, Factor VII deficiency, Factor V deficiency, platelet function disorders like bernad Solier syndrome and Glanzmen Thrombasthenia.
Dedicated Oncology Ward: We have a dedicated oncology ward, which caters to the Acute leukemias and Lymphomas. The nurses are trained to handle central venous catheters and peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC) with sterile precautions. We also have the opportunity to keep the severely neutropenic patients in the HEPA filtered unit. So the chance of acquiring invasive fungal infections is minimized.
Achievements
We are the first to perform Allogenic haematopoietic stem cell transplants in southern Tamil Nadu.
We have done more than 300 Bone marrow transplantation so far for various conditions like Acute myeloid leukaemia, Acute Lymphoblastic leukaemia, Relapsed lymphoma, Multiple myeloma and Aplastic anaemia
Haploidentical (Half matched) bone marrow transplantation is a complicated procedure and we are the first in southern Tamil Nadu to do such procedures.
