Inaugurated by Mr. Vaughan Gething AM, the Hon’ble Minister for Health and Social Services, Wales, UK, the Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) unit with a state-of-the-art facility at SIMS Hospitals, Vadapalani, Chennai on 2nd Nov. 2019. From left to right: Prof. Keshav Singhal, Program Director, College of Healthcare Innovations, UK; Dr. Raju Sivasamy, Vice President, SIMS Hospitals; Dr. Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra – Director, Institute of Oncology at SIMS Hospitals; Mr. Vaughan Gething AM, the Hon’ble Minister for Health and Social Services, Wales, UK; Mr. Ravi Pachamoothoo, Chairman, SRM Group
The Chennai based SIMS (SRM Institutes for Medical Science) Hospitals, one of the leading super speciality quaternary care hospitals in Tamil Nadu, announced recently (2nd Nov. 2019), the launch of its standalone dedicated Stem Cell (Bone Marrow) Transplant Unit, at its Vadapalani facility in Chennai. On the same occasion SIMS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with “College of Healthcare Innovations, UK”.
Stem Cell Transplant Unit
Inaugurated by Mr. Vaughan Gething AM, the Hon’ble Minister for Health and Social Services, Wales, UK, the Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) unit with a state-of-the-art facility will provide effective life saving treatment for life threatening malignant and non-malignant disorders. SCT will help patients afflicted with resistant malignancies like leukemia (blood cancer), lymphomas (malignancies of the lymph nodes) and multiple myeloma (cancer of the bone marrow itself) and also non-malignant disorders like Thalassemia and Sickle cell anemia.
Speaking at the press conference Dr. Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra – Director, Institute of Oncology at SIMS, also considered as the pioneer in the field of Medical Oncology, said, “The new SCT unit will bring in International level health care to patients in India, with requisite expertise and facilities to carry out all types of SCT i.e. Autologous, Allogenic and Haplo Identical procedures. There are isolated sterile units to perform the procedures, especially for patients suffering from blood cancer and neutropenia. With a team of 4 surgical oncologists, 2 Radiation physicians and a Medical Oncologist, the Institute of Oncology at SIMS provides comprehensive and multidisciplinary Cancer care in Chennai.”
“Adult and pediatric stem cell transplants will be offered at a reasonably affordable cost which are economical than the other healthcare providers,” he added.
