A Poignant Celebration of Life is Held at Manipal Hospital EM Bypass by Bone Marrow Transplant Survivors

News Desk, News Nation 360: On Saturday, June 27, 2026, Manipal Hospital EM Bypass, a division of the Manipal Hospitals Group, hosted the "BMT Warriors Meet 2026," which brought together more than fifteen bone marrow transplant (BMT) survivors, carers, and top medical professionals to commemorate inspirational recovery journeys and raise vital clinical awareness about haematological malignancies. Senior leadership, including Regional Director Dr Ayanabh Debgupta, Cluster Director Komal Dashora, Unit Medical Services Head Dr Sudeshna Lahiri, Oncology Services Director Dr Sourav Datta, and clinical haematology pioneers Prof. (Dr.) Utpal Chaudhuri, Prof. (Dr.) Rajib De and Dr Debjani Ghosh served as the seminar's anchors. The meeting emphasised advanced transplant techniques as a crucial, life-saving treatment for leukaemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, thalassaemia, and aplastic anaemia. India records over one lakh new cases of blood cancer each year, and the Indian Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ISBMT) has noted a significant accessibility gap, with fewer than 3,000 stem cell transplants performed annually despite 25,000 cumulative transplants to date. Recitations by thalassaemia survivors Ritu Kundu and Sanchita Paul, a diagnostic presentation by Acute Myeloid Leukaemia survivor Priyadarshini Sarkar, a dance performance by Multiple Myeloma survivor Jayanti Paul Saha, and a triumphant testimonial by 22-year-old Malda student Sayan Ghosh, who overcame life-threatening aplastic anaemia via a successful 100% HLA-matched BMT from his elder brother under the guidance of Dr Rajib De. Drs. Utpal Chaudhuri and Rajib De emphasised the hospital's all-encompassing approach, pointing out that these achievements demonstrate how prompt, high-end tertiary intervention and compassionate multidisciplinary care can effectively close the gap between healthcare supply and demand, allowing complex hemato-oncology patients to lead healthy, satisfying lives.

Pic: Krishnendu Kundu