NOIDA, Jan. 15 -- The paediatric bone marrow transplant (BMT) programme at the government-run Post Graduate Institute of Child Health (PGICH), Noida, has been expanded its services, following the commissioning of an upgraded transplant unit in June 2024, officials said on Wednesday. Since the programme's launch in 2020, the institute has carried out 94 paediatric BMTs, with most cases of children suffering from thalassemia, aplastic anaemia and leukaemia. Officials said the upgraded unit has enabled the hospital to take up more cases requiring long-term and intensive post-transplant care. Dr Nita Radhakrishnan, additional professor and head, Paediatric Hematology-Oncology at PGICH (Noida), said, "BMT in children is not a one-time procedure. Survival depends heavily on follow-up, infection control and supportive services."...