Jupiter Hospital launches best-in-class Bone Marrow Transplant

Jupiter Hospital opens their state of art Bone Marrow Transplant Centre to provide the most comprehensive treatment for blood disorders such as Leukemia, Myeloma, Lymphoma*

by Suman Gupta

February 27, 2020: Given increasing cases of blood disorders and blood cancer, Jupiter Hospital, a leading Super Specialty Hospital, recently launched their Bone Marrow Transplant [BMT] Centre, to provide advanced medical treatment for common disorders like leukemia, myeloma and lymphoma. With the launch of BMT Centre, the Hospital also joined the league of best-in-class BMT Centers across India.

Bone Marrow Transplant is a Medical Procedure to replace damaged or destroyed bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. It may be autologous (the patient’s own stem cells are used), allogeneic (the stem cells come from a donor) or syngeneic (from an identical twin).

Announcing the launch of BMT Centre, Dr Rajendra Patankar, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jupiter Hospital, Pune said. “The Centre would now successfully treat the patients who are suffering from the life-threatening diseases such as Leukemia, Myeloma and Lymphoma among others. Jupiter Hospital offers best-in-class BMT facilities with well-equipped Hematology lab, transfusion medicine, Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching, and a highly experienced team to perform this advanced procedure.”

The newly established BMT Centre has been built in accordance to the established protocols for BMT center. “Treatment for cancer has improved by great leaps & this gives hopes to many patients to return to their normal lifestyles and we are trying to help these patients by providing them with the best healthcare delivery. We offer our BMT facility to eligible patients of all ages,” he added.

“Haemopoietic Stem Cell is sourced from Bone Marrow (BM), Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) and Placental Umbilical cord Blood (P-UCB). We are equipped to perform all major types of bone marrow transplants at this center. It is estimated that we have now over 10 million donors at Matched Unrelated-BMT bank or Registry. With the opening of our Centre people of this region would get world-class facility here in Pune,” said Dr. Sweta Lunkad, senior Hematologist with Aviansh Cancer Clinic, Pune and Head of Jupiter BMT Centre.  

About Jupiter Hospital: Jupiter Hospital is a world-class chain of Multi-Specialty Tertiary Care Hospitals.  After a successful performance in Mumbai, Jupiter Hospital started in Pune at Baner in the year 2016. With a capacity of 375 beds, Jupiter Hospital, Pune, with its ‘Patient First’ ideology, have brought the best aspects of modern medicine and healthcare under a single multi-functional premise.

Jupiter Hospital has the best medical technology available as per international standards with a great team of Doctors.  Jupiter Hospital has a web-enabled critical care facility that enables the doctor to monitor his patient not only within the hospital but also from anywhere in the world.   ICUs are equipped with positive and negative pressure rooms to deal with immuno- compromised patients and those with infections requiring isolation. Hospital has State of Art 3 tesla MRI, 128 Slice CT Scan, PET CT, VERSA HD- Radiation Therapy and all super specialty diagnostic and therapeutic facilities including capability for handling solid organ transplants, BMT & high-end pediatric cardiac surgeries.