IN 2026, the Bone Marrow Transplant Centre of the Department of Clinical Hematology at Yangon General Hospital, under the Ministry of Health, successfully performed bone marrow transplants on four patients with bone marrow cancer who were admitted in January.
The bone marrow
transplants were carried out under the supervision of the hospital management
team, with professors and specialists from the Department of Clinical
Hematology, experts from related departments, professional nurses, and support
staff all participating in the procedures. The four patients were a 63-year-old
man from Kyaukdaga Township, Bago Region, a 46-year-old man from Mayangon
Township, Yangon Region, a 47-year-old man from Budalin Township, Sagaing
Region, and a 62-year-old man from Ayadaw Township, Sagaing Region.
In 2016, three patients
received bone marrow transplants at Yangon General Hospital; three in 2017,
four in 2018, one in 2019, and one in 2020.
In January 2024, Yangon
General Hospital opened a new seven-storey medical ward, allowing the
Department of Clinical Hematology to expand and develop the Bone Marrow
Transplant Centre into a more complete and advanced facility. Three patients
were treated in 2024, ten in 2025, and four so far in 2026, bringing the total
number of patients treated to 29.
Bone marrow transplant
treatments abroad are very expensive, so to reduce healthcare costs, these
procedures will continue to be carried out locally.
MNA/TH
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