India, June 7 -- Mumbai's KEM Hospital will begin providing bone marrow transplants (BMT) in 2026, making it the first public-run facility in Maharashtra to offer both adult and paediatric patients this life-saving treatment under one roof. The initiative marks a significant expansion in public healthcare access, especially for patients from economically disadvantaged backgrounds who have long struggled to afford this life-saving treatment.

Until now, BMT services by the BMC were limited to children and available only at Sion Hospital and the Thalassemia Care Centre in Borivali. Adult patients, however, had no access to such transplants in any government or municipal hospital. That gap is set to be addressed with the new transplant centr...