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GUWAHATI: A 61-year-old heart patient from Silchar successfully underwent a stem cell operation at a private hospital here after stem cells extracted from his bone marrow were used to regenerate worn-out cells in his heart. Hospital authorities said the procedure was performed in the northeast for the first time.
The patient, Gopal Krishna Goswami, underwent the procedure on November 21. Diabetic Goswami's heart was functioning at 29% of its capacity due to degeneration of cells. In medical parlance, he was suffering from 'chronic poorly compensated heart failure'.
"Stem cell therapy provides hope in cases which are beyond the reach of conventional treatment. Goswami was suffering from a weak heart. His heart had almost stopped pumping blood and he couldn't even walk a few steps," Goswami's surgeon Bikash Rai Das said.
The bone marrow was extracted from his hip bone, said the doctor. It was then sent to a facility in Mumbai for extraction of stem cells. The procedure was carried out in collaboration with the Mumbai-based stem cell bank and therapy centre. With stem cell therapy becoming increasingly popular, its introduction in the region is expected to usher in positive changes in the northeast's health sector.
Goswami will have to go through five sittings of stem cell infusion and his next sitting will be within 45 days, his doctor said. A therapy of this sort requires screening by a government-approved ethics committee. The candidate's medical history is probed before the go-ahead is given. Screening can take anything between seven to 10 days.
Stem cell therapy provides hope in cases which are beyond the reach of conventional treatment.