• Narayana Health City extracted bone marrow from an eight-month-old to save his two-year-old sister from Pakistan.
  • Two-year-old Zeenia from Sahiwal in Pakistan suffered from Hemaphagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.
  • It is a rare disease that involves the production of some abnormal cells by the bone marrow.
  • These abnormal cells eradicate the normal cells causing high fever, low blood counts and enlargement of liver and spleen.
  • Along with the fatal disease, Zeenia was also diagnosed with partial albinism since birth.
  • Doctors at Narayana Health City suggested that a bone marrow transplant is the only way to save her.
  • Luckily, the doctors also discovered that her eight-month-old brother, Ryan was the best donor match for her.
  • Successful extraction of the bone marrow was possible with the use of small marrow extraction neddles and the help of the anesthetics team in the hospital. 

 

Source: Hindustan Times