Hue Central Hospital successfully performed a bone marrow transplant to treat thalassemia.

Hue Central Hospital successfully performed a Thalassemia bone marrow transplant from a biological mother, opening up a new treatment method for children with thalassemia.

Hue Central Hospital successfully performed the first Thalassemia bone marrow transplant in Vietnam using bone marrow taken from the mother.

On the evening of September 8, information from Hue Central Hospital said that the unit successfully performed an allogeneic bone marrow transplant to treat Thalassemia (congenital hemolytic disease) for a child with bone marrow from a biological mother with incompatible blood types.

The patient's health is now stable and he was discharged from the hospital the same day. This is the third Thalassemia allogeneic bone marrow transplant with incompatible blood types performed at the hospital.

This is also the first Thalassemia bone marrow transplant in Vietnam performed from bone marrow taken from the mother.

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